be tarred with the same brush

be tarred with the same brush
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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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