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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Recruiting of practitioners that mirror their community and speak the same language.
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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
In an industry with rising challenges like regulatory hurdles, climate change, labor shortages, and fluctuating market demands, farmers were left to juggle too many disconnected tools that didn’t speak the same language.
—Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Sitting in the room with Cortez and Bayne, there is a gravitational pull that can be felt when in the presence of opposites who speak the same language.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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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
In an industry with rising challenges like regulatory hurdles, climate change, labor shortages, and fluctuating market demands, farmers were left to juggle too many disconnected tools that didn’t speak the same language.
—Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Sitting in the room with Cortez and Bayne, there is a gravitational pull that can be felt when in the presence of opposites who speak the same language.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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