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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Broad Brush-stroke.

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 11b 10what's this? 12b 12br 12br 11b 10thanx in advance12b 12br 12br 11b 10Elida12b 12br 12blockquote 11font 00In my experience, if one "paints" a person with a "broad brush", it is to use very general, even stereotypical, terms. 02font 00 0-

— Philip

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  • 12b 12br 12br 11b 10thanx in advance12b 12br 12br 11b 10Elida12b 12br 12blockquote 11font 00In my experience, if one "paints" a person with a "broad brush", it is to use very general, even stereotypical, terms.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite11b10what's this? what does it mean?12b12br
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11font00In my experience, if one "paints" a person with a "broa
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21b20what's this? what does it mean?22b22br
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0If you describe a situation reduced to its bare bones, you give a broad-brush-stroke description. 02br
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00This is the only usage in which I have seen this idiom so far.0-
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0If you describe a situation reduced to its bare bones, you give a broad-brush-stroke description. 02br
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00This is the only usage in which I have seen this idiom so far.0-
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10If you describe a situation reduced to its bare bones, you give a broad-brush-stroke description. 12br
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10This is the only usage in which I have seen this idiom so far.12br
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10That's interesting, Anon.12br
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10I would take the "bare bones" of a situation to be its
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11cite20Philip22cite21font20In my experience, if one "paints" a person with a "broad brush", it is to use very general, even stereotypical, terms. If describing a minority of whatever nature, the "painter" ignores any personal or ind
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01cite10Anonymous12cite11b10Here's the sentence:12b12br
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11b11font10"If the former, the court could adopt a 11i10broad brush-stroke12i10 approach in determining the shares. If the latter, the woman would only have an interest equivalent to the
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11blockquote
11cite20Anonymous22cite21blockquote
21cite30Philip32cite31font30In my experience, if one "paints" a person with a "broad brush", it is to use very general, even stereotypical, terms. If describ
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0When you list two things (for example, roses and daisies), you can refer to the first thing as the 01i00former02i00 (in that case, roses) and the second thing as the 01i00latter 02i00(in that case, daisies).02br
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00In your sentence: 01b01font00Was there a constructive or resulting trust? 
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10When you list two things (for example, roses and daisies), you can refer to the first thing as the 11i10former12i10 (in that case, roses) and the second thing as the 11i10latter 12i10(in that case, daisies).12br
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