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2021-12-13 11:12
Paint (someone or something) with the same brush phrase
To unjustly classify or consider someone or something as being the same as another person or thing, usually in a negative way.
Just because his dad is a criminal doesn't mean you should paint him with the same brush.
Because John plays with Tim, the most disruptive student in class, John is often painted with the same brush as Tim.
It is unwise to paint him with the same brush. He is more intelligent and effective than the others in his team.
The verb "paint" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is a variant of "tar someone with the same brush."
Do you see anything wrong?
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.
