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23 May 2015
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A: All insurance brokers are tricksters!
B: I don't think you have the right to tar all of them with the same brush. Does this sound natural?
A: All insurance brokers are tricksters!
B: I don't think you have the right to tar all of them with the same brush. Does this sound natural?
B: I don't think you have the right to tar all of them with the same brush. Does this sound natural?
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- English (US)
- German
Unnatural
A: All insurance brokers are liars / con-men / phoneys!
B: I don't think you have the right to lump them all together / to put them all in the same box.
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- English (US)
- German
Unnatural
A: All insurance brokers are liars / con-men / phoneys!
B: I don't think you have the right to lump them all together / to put them all in the same box.
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Simplified Chinese (China) Near fluent
Thanks so much. Is the idiom "tar ... with the same brush" not commonly used in the US?
- English (US)
- German
Unnatural
No, it's not commonly used at all - although many people would get what you mean.
- English (US)
Unnatural
I think the idiom you are looking for is "You can't paint them all with the same brush."
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- English (US)
Unnatural
Tar with the same brush is also correct but as Michael says, it is not commonly used. It is the older phrase. It might be used more in written language but it is old language that has evolved into 'paint.'
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Simplified Chinese (China) Near fluent
Thanks for telling me that.
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