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tarred with the same brush

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tarred with the same brush
Fig. sharing the same characteristic(s); having the same good or bad points as someone else. Jack and his brother are tarred with the same brush. They're both crooks. The Smith children are tarred with the same brush. They're all lazy.
See also: brush, same, tar


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You can let him think, if you will, that she is tarred with the same brush as those infamous and hypocritical relatives of hers who sent her father out to die.
They're all tarred with the same brush, little and big.
Men and politicians are all tarred with the same brush.
 
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