on the same wavelength

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Prepositional phrase

on the same wavelength

1. (idiomatic) In rapport or complete accord.

   Luckily, the members of the committee were on the same wavelength, so we didn't have endless discussions about what words meant.

   • 2022 January 17, Lizzie Cernik, “How we met: ‘None of my Indian friends had girlfriends. But I liked her too much to say no’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “I love that we’re best friends,” says Emily. “We complete each other’s sentences and we’re on the same wavelength.”

Usage notes

• May function as a predicate.

Translations

in rapport

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看法相同 (kànfǎ xiāngtóng)

• Czech: na stejné vlnové délce, naladěn na stejnou vlnu
• Finnish: samalla aaltopituudella
• French: sur la même longueur d’onde (fr)
• German: auf der gleichen Wellenlänge liegen
• Greek: στο ίδιο μήκος κύματος (sto ídio míkos kýmatos)
• Hungarian: egy/azonos hullámhosszon (van)
• Italian: sulla stessa lunghezza d'onda
• Japanese: 波長が合う (hachō ga au)
• Macedonian: на иста бранова должина (na ista branova dolžina)
• Polish: na tych samych falach
• Portuguese: em sintonia
• Romanian: pe aceeași lungime de undă
• Russian: на одно́й волне́ (ru) (na odnój volné)
• Spanish: en la misma onda
• Swedish: på samma våglängd

See also

• see eye to eye
• simpatico