hymnbook
read from the same hymn book
To have the same understanding, thought process, or amount of knowledge (about something) as someone else. A less-common variant of "sing from the same hymn book." We all need to be reading from the same hymn book before we try to present this idea to the boss. I think it would help if both parents attended the presentation. That way, you'll both be reading from the same hymn book when it comes time to implement what we talk about.
See also: book, hymn, read, same
read from the same page
To have the same understanding, thought process, or amount of knowledge (about something) as someone else. We all need to be reading from the same page before we try to present this idea to the boss. I think it would help if both parents attended the presentation. That way, you'll both be reading from the same page when it comes time to implement what we talk about.
See also: page, read, same
sing from the same hymn book
To have the same understanding, thought process, or amount of knowledge (about something) as someone else. We all need to be singing from the same hymn book before we try to present this idea to the boss. I think it would help if both parents attended the presentation. That way, you'll both be singing from the same hymn book when it comes time to implement what we talk about.
See also: book, hymn, same, sing
sing from the same hymnbook
To have the same understanding of something as someone else; to say the same things about something as other people, especially in public. Primarily heard in UK. I think we should have a meeting with everyone who's involved in the project. That way, we'll all be singing from the same hymnbook before we begin. Make sure everyone from the campaign is singing from the same hymnbook before we release any kind of statement to the press.
See also: hymnbook, same, sing
sing off the same hymnbook
To have the same understanding of something as someone else; to say the same things about something as other people, especially in public. Primarily heard in UK. I think we should have a meeting with everyone who's involved in the project. That way, we'll all be singing off the same hymnbook before we begin. Make sure everyone on the campaign is singing off the same hymnbook before we release any kind of statement to the press.
See also: hymnbook, off, same, sing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
read from the same page
and sing from the same hymnbookCliché share the same understanding of something. Okay, I think we are reading from the same page now. We can discuss the future of this project more productively.
See also: page, read, same
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hymn
- read from the same hymn book
- sing from the same hymn book
- sing from the same hymnbook
- throw (one's) cookies
- throw one’s cookies
- woefits
- woofits
- wag chin
- wag one’s chin