This is the English we speak with me Faye Faye and I'm Neil. We have a phrase that can be said to explain to someone that you are in the same bad situation as therein. It's Join the Club.

Join the Club. So you are asking someone to join a club.

That's an organization for people with similar interests?

No, we're not literally asking them to join a club. The similarity is that the person you are talking to shares the same situation.

So for example, if you told me you had too much work and I also had too much work to do,

I would reply by saying, join the club.

So you're not showing any sympathy?

You're saying it's just as bad for me.

I am, Faye Faye. If I said I can't go out tonight because I haven't got much money, would you be sympathetic?

No, join the club. I'm broke too. Oh dear. Let's have some examples.

I've been on my feet all day. I'm exhausted.

Join the club. Have you seen my calendar?

I haven't got any free time till the end of the month.

Join the club.

We've got a new baby so I didn't get much sleep last night.

Join the club.

Ours was awake until 5 a.m. This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English. We're learning about the phrase

Join the Club which you can use to express that you're in the same situation as

someone else. Remember it's not really about joining a real club and we use the

phrase to talk about bad situations.

We wouldn't say it to express that you're in a similar favorable situation.

Got it.

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