paint with a tar brush
v. phr.— «Reconditioned car salesman and used car salesman have sometime been painted with the same tar brush. They are out to make a fast buck.» —“Nasimuddin firmly in the driver’s seat” by Shamsul Yunos New Straits Times (Singapore) Dec. 18, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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