share pain

share (one's) pain

1. To commiserate with one about the same negative experience. A: "I lost nearly everything during the economic crash." B: "I share your pain. I had to shutter the business my great-grandfather built because of the crash." I'm going down to the bar with the other laid-off workers to share their pain.
2. To relate one's negative experience or feelings to someone else. You should keep all that sadness and anger bottled up inside. It's important to share your pain with someone who can help you learn how to cope with it. It was nearly a year after her father died that Sarah finally shared her pain with me.
See also: pain, share
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

share someone's pain

to understand and sympathize with someone's pain or emotional discomfort. (Said in order to sound sympathetic.) I am sorry about the loss of your home. I share your pain. We sympathize about the loss of your mother. We share your pain.
See also: pain, share
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • share (one's) pain
  • share (one's) sorrow
  • share sorrow
  • commiserate
  • commiserate with
  • commiserate with (one)
  • howl in pain
  • howl with pain
  • kiss the/(one's) pain away
  • feeling no pain
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She said the main attribute to become successful leader is to know thyself and aptitude for which he/she must share pain and success with the followers.
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He said, 'We feel and share pain and agony of every victim of braid chopping and we are also pained to see the oppression and suppression witnessed by them.
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There are varying degrees and nature of injustices that Hassan addresses, all of which assert through her content an urgency to share pain and loss, located at the center of marginality.
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To start your story, pose a provocative question or share pain points your readers likely experience.
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Mental health professionals cannot heal all wounds, but we can create a safe haven for family and community members to share pain and their seeking a new path.
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If staff are being asked to share pain, why are shareholders not included?"
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But in London it was continued share pain for Northern Rock yesterday, down another 7%, or 7.2p to 97p.
City report
But in London it was continued share pain for Northern Rock today, down another seven per cent, or 7.2p to 97p.
Northern Rock fails to wreck FTSE recovery; MARKET REPORTS SHARE PRICES
Persistence is described in terms of the efforts of Cambodians (inside and outside the country) to revive their literature, the arts (particularly music and dance), their faith in Buddhism and in terms of their capacity to maintain their values and behaviours - such as the way in which they share pain and interpret action movies.
Cambodian Culture Since 1975: Homeland and Exile
He added: "What is on display is an attempt to share pain through looking physically alike.
Smile hides Linda's brave cancer fight
"Our desires to share pain, heal wounds and re-establish friendships are sincere.
Davutoy-lu commemorates Dink, calls for new page in ties with Armenians
No never, We can share pain, yours and mine, for , Cramlington
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