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Tar with the same brush 一杆子打翻一船人 前两天，我和朋友逛街时路过一家PIZZA连锁店，我想进去吃饭，可朋友说，她在这个品牌的另外一家店吃过，那里的服务糟透了，所以，这家店的服务一定也很差。她说什么也不在这里吃。虽然PIZZA没吃到，但朋友的做法让我想起了一个习惯用语，那就是：Tar with the same brush. Tar这个词不太常见，当名词时是焦油的意思，当动词是指涂抹焦油；BRUSH，大家比较熟悉，是刷子的意思。To Tar somebody or something with the same brush，字面的意思是用同一把刷子涂焦油，其实是指因为某人或某物不好，就误以为和他们类似的人或物都不好，也就是一杆子打翻一船人。 比如，我这位朋友因为看到一家连锁店的服务不好，就断定另外一家连锁店的服务也不好，这就是Tar it with the same brush，一杆子打翻一船人了。毕竟，两家店虽然是一个品牌，但服务员的素质可能并不相同。 在生活中，这种一概而论的事经常发生。比如，下面这个老板在招聘员工时的态度： One of the applicants for a part-time sales position came with good references. Yet my boss didnt want to hire him because he was still in high school. Apparently, hed had a bad experience with a teenaged employee. To me, he TARRED HIM WITH THE SAME BRUSH. Why did he blame him because of another teens poor performance? | 
