live under the same roof



live under the same roof (with someone)

Fig. to share a dwelling with someone. (Implies living in a close relationships, as a husband and wife.) I don't think I can go on living under the same roof with her. She was quite happy to live under the same roof with him.
See also: live, roof, same

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JarkkoYAHRK-koFinnish
Viktoriyaveek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Roshanara-Persian (Archaic)
Nanook-Native American, Inuit
Harun-Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Mariskamah-RIS-kah (Dutch)Hungarian, Dutch