他们俩穿同一条裤子
“are in the same boat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
冯酒鬼跟魏总
“Drunkard Feng and Mr. Wei”
他们俩 穿同一条裤子
“are in the same boat.”
而纪总挤走了魏总
“But Mr. Ji pushed out Mr. Wei.”
“They are in cahoots; an attack on one is an attack on both.”
Chinese workplaces often involve tightly knit cliques whose mutual loyalty outweighs institutional rules, which is critically described by this idiom.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
hand in glove; thick as thieves; colluding together
A vivid colloquial idiom used to describe people who act in total concert, often with a conspiratorial or negative connotation.