It's a shame that when a few people get caught cheating everyone else gets tarred with the same brush.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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 — 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 — If people are tarred with the same brush, they are said to have the same set of attributes or faults as someone they are associated with … The small dictionary of idiomes
tar — tar1 [ta: US ta:r] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: teoru] 1.) a black substance, thick and sticky when hot but hard when cold, used especially for making road surfaces →↑coal tar 2.) a sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns, and that gets… … Dictionary of contemporary English
brush — [[t]brʌ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ brushes, brushing, brushed 1) N COUNT A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair. We gave him paint and brushes … English dictionary
tar — I. /ta / (say tah) noun 1. any of various dark coloured viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, such as coal, wood, etc. 2. coal tar pitch. 3. the resinous partially combusted material produced in… …
tar — 1 noun (U) 1 a black substance, thick and sticky when hot but hard when cold, used especially for making road surfaces see also: coal tar 2 a sticky substance that is formed by burning tobacco: high/low/medium tar: high tar cigarettes 2 verb… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tar — I UK [tɑː(r)] / US [tɑr] noun [uncountable] 1) a thick black liquid made from coal, used especially for making the surfaces of roads 2) a sticky poisonous substance from tobacco that people who smoke cigarettes get in their lungs low tar… … English dictionary
Brethren of Purity — The Brethren of Purity (Arabic اخوان الصفا Ikhwan al Safa ; also translated as Brethren of Sincerity) were a mysterious Having been hidden within the cloak of secrecy from its very inception, the Rasa il have provided many points of contention… … Wikipedia
