{adv.} or {adj. phr.} In the same trouble; in the same fix; in the same bad situation. * /When the town's one factory closed and hundreds of people lost their jobs, all the storekeepers were in the same boat./ * /Dick was disappointed when Fern refused to marry him, but he knew others were in the same boat./
IN THE SAME BOAT
Meaning of IN THE SAME BOAT in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012