OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 51849

tar with the same brush

/ˈtaː wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
meter en el mismo saco
To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.
The C Party have tarred themselves with the same brush as the B Party.
The merchants of London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Birmingham, were tarred, one and all, with the same brush.
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