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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Having the same faults or bad qualities, as in He may be lazy, but if you ask me his friends are all tarred with the same brush. This term is thought to come from sheep farming, where the animals' sores were treated by brushing tar over them, and all the sheep in a flock were treated in the same way. The term was transferred to likeness in human beings in the early 1800s.
American Heritage Idioms