Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

taper off
- to come to an end little by little, to become smaller toward the end
The rain began to taper off early in the afternoon.
tar and feather (someone)
- to punish someone severely
The teacher said that she would tar and feather anyone who did not do their
homework.
tarred with the same brush
- to have the same good or bad points (usually used for bad points) as someone else
The boy was tarred with the same brush because his friends were some of the worst
students in the school.
a taste of (something)
- an experience of something, an example of something
I was able to get a taste of playing tennis while I was on my holiday.
a taste of things to come
- a sample of the events that are to occur in the future
The tax increase was a taste of things to come with the new government.
tax-and-spend
- spending freely and taxing heavily
The government has a tax-and-spend attitude that many people do not like.
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