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speak the same language
Idioms and Phrases
Understand one another very well, agree with each other, as in Negotiations went on for days, but finally both sides realized they weren't speaking the same language . This term, alluding to literal understanding of spoken words, dates from the late 1800s.Example Sentences
“I like to try things in the room, see what’s working for them and really lean into those things. And maybe because I’ve been an actor, we speak the same language and can build these characters together.â€
You might wonder whether these people all speak the same language—whether a conservative politician in the 1990s would talk about “sexual harassment,†for instance, or whether a punk would use the euphemism “high earners†for rich people.
If sat in the middle or window seat, you should just gently let the passenger in the aisle seat know you need to get past them - but be aware you might not speak the same language, he advises.
The term refers to a pupil who is often originally from outside the UK and does not initially speak the same language as their class teacher as a result.
Sitting in the room with Cortez and Bayne, there is a gravitational pull that can be felt when in the presence of opposites who speak the same language.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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