Tar with the same brush In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "tar with the same brush", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Evelyn Nguyen

2020-12-30 06:12

Meaning of Tar with the same brush

Tar with the same brush Verb + object/complement

To think that someone or something has the same bad qualities as another person or thing.

I think because Jessica has lived with Anne so long, they have tarred with the same brush.

Because the first impression of officials was corruption, so many people may tar them with the same brush.

While many people from that region are violent, don't tar all of them with the same brush.

Although many games have created a hostile environment for adolescents, let's not tar the other games with the same brush.

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A child with great talent and intelligence will lose those qualities over time.

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Romantic behaviours of the couples in public make people shy and embarrassed.

(to be) hopping mad

Extremely angry

stormy relationship

A relationship that is full of disagreements or quarrels

another/the final nail in the coffin

An event that causes the end or failure of something.

Grammar and Usage of Tar with the same brush

Verb Forms

tar with the same brush
tarred with the same brush
tars with the same brush
to tar with the same brush

The verb "tar" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Tar with the same brush

This idiom is thought to come from sheep farming. The owner of the flock of sheep will mark them by brushing the wool with tar. It was transferred to likeness in human beings in the early 1800s.