tar with the same brush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.

/ˈtaː wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/ /ˈtaɹ wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/ En-au-tar with the same brush.ogg

tar with the same brush tars with the same brush tarring with the same brush tarred with the same brush

From tar (“to coat with tar; to besmirch”), in the sense of two or more persons or things being soiled with the same thing.

paint with the same brush tar with the same stick

pigeonhole

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