be in good company
Definition
› to have the same problem as many other people: "I can't play tennis - I'm hopeless at it!" "Oh well, you're in good company."Being or appearing similar or the same
(Definition of be in good company from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a passing resemblance idiom
- agree verb (BE THE SAME)
- answer verb (MATCH)
- be in the same ballpark idiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
- be two of a kind idiom
- be up there with sb idiom
- constancy noun (STAYING SAME)
- equal verb (BE THE SAME)
- even (sth) out phrasal verb
- flatline verb
- homologous adjective
- in line with sth idiom
- match up phrasal verb (BE THE SAME)
- match verb (LOOK SIMILAR)
- overlap verb
- parallel verb
- resemble verb
- rival verb
- tally verb
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