Tar Phrases

Phrases

• A touch of the tarbrush
• Absolute pitch (the ability to determine a musical note by ear)
• As black as pitch
• As dark as pitch
• Boston Tar Baby (Nickname of boxer Sam Langford)
• Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
• Fever pitch
• Hello sailor
• Jolly jack tar
• Make a pitch
• Make a pitch for
• Pitch a shutout (A baseball expression meaning not allowing an opponent any wins)
• Pitch black
• Pitch dark
• Pitch doctor
• Pitch into
• Pitch up at
• Queer the pitch
• Sailor's farewell
• Tarred and feathered
• Tarred with the same brush