be tarred with the same brush

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• tarred with the same brush — ● tar …   Useful english dictionary

• be tarred with the same brush — phrase if all the people or things in a group are tarred with the same brush, you think or say they are all bad because you know some of them are bad Thesaurus: to be similar to, or the same as, something or someonesynonym Main entry: tar …   Useful english dictionary

• be tarred with the same brush — if all the people or things in a group are tarred with the same brush, you think or say they are all bad because you know some of them are bad …   English dictionary

• (be) tarred with the same brush (as somebody) — be tarred with the same ˈbrush (as sb) idiom to be thought to have the same faults, etc. as sb else Main entry: ↑taridiom …   Useful english dictionary

• tar someone with the same brush — tar (someone) with the same brush see ↑tar, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑brush tar (someone) with the same brush : to think that (someone) has the same bad qualities and deserves the same blame or criticism as another person because of being connected or …   Useful english dictionary

• paint someone with the same brush — paint (someone/something) with the same brush to say that someone or something has the same bad qualities as someone or something else. When one swimmer uses banned substances, you feel sorry for the others because they are all tarred with the… …   New idioms dictionary

• paint something with the same brush — paint (someone/something) with the same brush to say that someone or something has the same bad qualities as someone or something else. When one swimmer uses banned substances, you feel sorry for the others because they are all tarred with the… …   New idioms dictionary

• tar someone with the same brush — tar (someone) with the same brush to believe wrongly that someone or something has the same bad qualities as someone or something that is similar. I admit that some football supporters do cause trouble but it s not fair that we re all being… …   New idioms dictionary

• tar with the same brush — phrasal : to mark or stain with the same fault or characteristic author and hero tended to melt into one … were tarred with the same brush William Troy * * * tar (someone) with the same brush see ↑tar, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑brush t …   Useful english dictionary

• tar with the same brush —    When a person is tarred with the same brush, they are regarded as having the same faults or bad qualities as those they associate with.     Don t hang around with those guys or you ll be tarred with the same brush …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• tar with the same brush — verb To characterize using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly. They are both tarred with a dirty brush, and I cant have the Fellowships tarred with the same brush …   Wiktionary