samassa veneessä

Finnish

Etymology

samassa (“in the same”) veneessä (“in the boat”)

Phrase

samassa veneessä

  1. (idiomatic) in the same boat (in the same situation or predicament; having common problems)
    Meidän ei pidä naureskella Kreikan ongelmille - olemme monella tapaa samassa veneessä.
    We should not laugh at Greece's problems - we are in many ways in the same boat.
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