tar with the same brush

短语

一竿子打翻一船人

发音

UK /ˈtaː wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/
AU
US /ˈtaɹ wɪ‿ðə seɪm ˈbɹʌʃ/

词形变化

tarred with the same brush tarring with the same brush tars with the same brush 三单 tars with the same brush tarring with the same brush 现在分词 tarred with the same brush 过去式 tarred with the same brush 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.

    一竿子打翻一船人

    一竹篙打沉一船人

    一竹篙打死一船人

    一竹篙打一船人

    比喻 及物

    The C Party have tarred themselves with the same brush as the B Party.

词源

From tar (“to coat with tar; to besmirch”), in the sense of two or more persons or things being soiled with the same thing.

来源：wiktionary