SAME

(NOT ANOTHER) [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - not another different oneMy brother and I sleep in the same room.Our teacher always wears the same pullover.Rachel's still going out with the same boyfriend.I'd like the same book as my friend.She wore the same hat as yesterday.She wore the same hat (that) she'd worn the day before.That (very) same day, he heard he'd passed his exam.They suggested I quit, but twelve months earlier those same people had been urging me to stay on.He's the same old Geoff (= just as he has always been) - not a bit changed by his move up in the world.I would do the same thing again if I had the chance.The men both tried to talk at the same time (= each talked while the other was talking).(UK) The latest statistics show that sales of new cars are up by 12% on the same time (= compared with the same period) last year.No-one likes war, but at the same time (= despite this) we are making money out of it.To be in the same boat is to be in the same usually unpleasant situation.I've got no money, my friends have got no money - we're all in the same boat.In the same breath is used when someone says two things that seem to be opposites.How can he say he's got no money and in the same breath say he's buying a new car?To be in the same league/(UK also) in the same street is to be of the same standard.Her golf is brilliant - I'm not in the same league.At every meeting you see the same old faces (= the same people who come regularly).It's the same old story (= bad things never change) - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.I'll see you next week, same time, same place.Things or people that are one and the same are not something or someone else.I was amazed to discover that Mary's husband and Jane's son are one and the same person.You're not allowed to be a citizen of the United States and another country at one and the same time.