to think that somebody has the same bad qualities as others in a similar surrounding
to characterize someone with the same undesirable attribute as another
believe to be having the same faults
Though the impression is that all government officials are corrupt, some of them are quite honest; its not fair to tar them with the same brush.
The players of that team are a bunch of jokers, but the captain shouldn’t be tarred with the same brush. He is a great player.
He may be from the same school, but don’t tar him with the same brush.
While its true that most people from that region are violent, let’s not tar all of them with the same brush.
Since Jack had worked closely with Bob, he was tarred with the same brush when reports of Bob cheating the company came out.
There is no origin for this idiom
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