tar with the same brush

== English == === Etymology === From tar (“to coat with tar; to besmirch”), in the sense of two or more persons or things being soiled with the same thing. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtaː wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɹ wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌʃ === Verb === tar with the same brush (third-person singular simple present tars with the same brush, present participle tarring with the same brush, simple past and past participle tarred with the same brush) (transitive, figuratively) To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly. Synonyms: paint with the same brush, (dated) tar with the same stick ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== pigeonhole === Further reading === “tarred with the same stick (or brush)” under “tar, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022. “tar people with the same brush, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “tar someone with the same brush”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “be/get tarred with the same brush” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.