机つくえを並ならべる

expression, ichidan verb

work together; be classmates; sit side by side

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to put desks side by side', used to describe people studying or working together in the same class, workplace, or group. Often implies a shared environment or experience.

• 彼かれとは高こう校こう時じ代だいに机つくえを並ならべた仲なかだ。

  We were classmates in high school.

• 同おなじ部ぶ署しょで机つくえを並ならべて働はたらいている。

  We work side by side in the same department.