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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Our first Zoom was filled with sounds of nearby Russian shelling and a translator struggling to keep up with two people who didn’t speak the same language trying to make a film in a war zone.
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Brendan Bellomo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
The Arab League already has 22 states—which, with a few exceptions, basically speak the same language.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
The trouble is, communication is an imperfect science, even for two humans that speak the same language.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Yet each solution is usually developed by a different vendor, so none of them speak the same language and cannot collaborate.
—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Bellomo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
The Arab League already has 22 states—which, with a few exceptions, basically speak the same language.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
The trouble is, communication is an imperfect science, even for two humans that speak the same language.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Yet each solution is usually developed by a different vendor, so none of them speak the same language and cannot collaborate.
—Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Speak/talk the same language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speak%2Ftalk%20the%20same%20language. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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