Idiom
broad brush
Meaning
A style or approach that deals with something in very general, sweeping terms, without attention to fine details or subtle nuances.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He painted the situation with a broad brush.”
“The report used a broad brush to describe the economic problems, ignoring the specific issues facing small businesses.”
“By dismissing the entire movement with a broad brush, the critic failed to acknowledge the nuanced arguments presented by its more moderate members.”
Examples
simple
“He painted the situation with a broad brush.”
contextual
“The report used a broad brush to describe the economic problems, ignoring the specific issues facing small businesses.”
complex
“By dismissing the entire movement with a broad brush, the critic failed to acknowledge the nuanced arguments presented by its more moderate members.”
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