talk the same language —(also: speak the same language) have an understanding with a person through similarity of outlook:
- I don’t have many friends because I no longer talk the same language as the people I used to know.
tell the same tale—
1. (also: sing the same song ) express the same ideas, opinions, etc.:
- All those who have defected tell the same tale of a rebel movement in disarray after a series of military defeats.
2. reveal a similar undesirable or unpleasant situation:
- There seemed no city which did not in one way or another tell the same tale of economic decay and social disintegration.