| 单词 | to be in the same box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in the same box P5. to be in the same box: to be in the same difficult situation or predicament. Cf. sense 15a, to be in the same boat at boat n.1 Phrases 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > of the same kind as someone else to be in the same boat1584 to be in the same box1865 1865 H. Sedley Marian Rooke ii. viii. 143 If I weren't in somethin' like the same box as his'n. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn III. iii. 26 Well, we are in the same box. 1911 H. Walpole Mr. Perrin & Mr. Traill v. 92 He always told himself that all the members of the staff were in the same box. 1978 G. Greene Human Factor iv. i. 199 In fact we're in the same box? 2008 Newsweek 9 June 14/1 I went back and looked at my work, and I was in the same box he was in. < as lemmas |
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