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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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.
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Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
The two seemingly speak the same language, one that others in the room can only witness but can’t fully feel.
—Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2024
On such occasions, all small birds talk the same language.
—Anders Brodin, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
For killing people on the other side of the border, people who have the same way of life and often speak the same language?
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2022
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Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
The two seemingly speak the same language, one that others in the room can only witness but can’t fully feel.
—Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2024
On such occasions, all small birds talk the same language.
—Anders Brodin, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
For killing people on the other side of the border, people who have the same way of life and often speak the same language?
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2022
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