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单词 tarred with the same brush
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tarred with the same brush


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.

Words nearby tarred with the same brush

Tarquinius, tarradiddle, tarragon, Tarragona, Tarrasa, tarred with the same brush, tarriance, Tar River, tarry, tarry cyst, Tarrytown
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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