welcome to the club

welcome to the club

An expression of glib commiseration used when one shares some unpleasant condition or situation with one or more other people. A: "I've barely gotten any sleep since my daughter was born." B: "Yeah, welcome to the club. That's just your life now that you have kids." A: "I just feel like all of my profits are eaten up by taxes each year." B: "Welcome to the club, buddy."
See also: club, welcome
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Welcome to the club

and Join the club and WTTC
sent. & comp. abb. The rest of us are in the same situation. So you’re short of cash? Welcome to the club. You’re just like us. Join the club; we’ve got jackets.
See also: club, welcome
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cooking for one
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • as one door closes, another (one) opens
  • as one door closes, another one opens
  • as one door closes, another opens
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
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As Lowenstein rolled through his unabashedly self-serving speech--can you believe that his industry has been compared to the purveyors of cigarettes, instead of the sellers of books, who have constitutional rights?--I kept thinking: Welcome to the club. I waited for him to offer sympathy to the makers of such products as firearms, cigarettes, and automobiles, whose industries are bossed around by federal bureaucrats in nearly every aspect of their operations.
Kids' Beat
Symbian admits that it has been in discussions with Sony for sometime but wouldn't comment on the report except to say that "if it is true, then welcome to the club." It said it hadn't expected Sony to go public with any announcement at this time.
Sony Said to Be Developing Symbian Device
If you are skeptical about the Great Game of Business, welcome to the club. I myself was one of the biggest disbelievers in the beginning.
Communication: the key to winning in the 'great game.'
As for Moldea's failure to make his charges against Reagan stick, all I can say is "welcome to the club.'
Dark victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA and the Mob
But a lot of his fellow managers in the Premier League will today be saying: 'Welcome to the club, mate'.
Classless Chelsea may be getting some karma
US Open champion McIlroy tweeted: "Welcome to the club Keegan Bradley!!
MONTY'S SCOT TIGER IN SIGHTS; EXCLUSIVE
Nuala Whitfield, Bearwood Welcome to the club, Joel, and enjoy your big day today with all your classmates!
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