speak/talk the same language
idiom
: to understand each other well because of shared ideas and feelings
She and I will never get along. We just don't speak the same language.
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Collaborate At The Top: CISOs, CIOs and business leaders need to speak the same language.
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Ravi Ithal, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
From New York and Tel Aviv to Dubai and Belgrade, the fruit has become a symbol of solidarity, drawing together activists who don’t speak the same language or belong to the same culture but share a common cause.
—Anna Furman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Recruiting of practitioners that mirror their community and speak the same language.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Mar. 2024
But because all pods built using Diaspora’s source code and standards speak the same language, users on different pods are still findable and approachable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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Ravi Ithal, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
From New York and Tel Aviv to Dubai and Belgrade, the fruit has become a symbol of solidarity, drawing together activists who don’t speak the same language or belong to the same culture but share a common cause.
—Anna Furman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
Recruiting of practitioners that mirror their community and speak the same language.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Mar. 2024
But because all pods built using Diaspora’s source code and standards speak the same language, users on different pods are still findable and approachable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
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