It's a shame that when a few people get caught cheating everyone else gets 'tarred with the same brush'.
As a teenager he had several 'brushes with' the law. [=was in trouble with police several times]
Her 'brush with' fame/greatness came when she sang the national anthem at the football game.
(..) I believe it's time for me to turn my head and cough. What is your move? I'm going to use the mirror technique. She brushes her hair back, I brush my hair back... She shrugs, I shrug. Subconsciously she's thinking, "We're in sync. We belong together." Where do you get this stuff? (..)2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Middle Earth Paradigm Season: 1 Episode 6