Timeline for What's the origin of the idiom "on the same page"?
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| Dec 7, 2021 at 13:45 | comment | added | Robusto | But that's how metaphors are born. People see the resemblance between things and appropriate one usage for another. | |
| Dec 7, 2021 at 9:39 | comment | added | Greybeard | Interesting, but I don't think that it could. In the theatre, one would be correct and the other wrong - there is no issue. Here "on the same page" indicates that ideas, ideals, and beliefs which are debatable should be the same. | |
| Dec 7, 2021 at 1:27 | comment | added | Robusto | Interesting, but I don't think you've quite made the connection. It could be that the two phrases arose independently. Being "on the same page" could have originated in theater, for example, where it would be important in script reading to be on the same page. | |
| Dec 6, 2021 at 23:29 | history | edited | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 6, 2021 at 23:24 | history | answered | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |