tarred-and-feathered

Sure, it was the right thing to do—but you just might be metaphorically tarred-and-feathered for doing so.

The Mentality of Conservatism; The Conscience of America | RedState 2010

Luckily for us, the Colony has a very loyal subscription audience, so even if we are tarred-and-feathered in the press, there will still be a sea of smiling faces out there every time we mount the stage.

David Dean Bottrell: Stage Struck 2009

Wow - imagine if Obama had said something like this in a very ‘anti-American’ Babylon like SF or elsewhere - oh wait, he was already tarred-and-feathered for something like that.

Palin Visits a ‘Pro-America’ Kind of Town - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

The formerly omnipotent Church of Scientology continues to be virtually tarred-and-feathered.

MediaBizBuzz.com for February 18, 2008: The Way Forward and More! 2008

I dinna wish to hear that ye've been hanged for treason, nor yet tarred-and-feathered for no being treasonous enough.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

Should Argentina fall pathetically short in its bid to capture the title, the heavily-criticized Maradona might be tarred-and-feathered when he returns home.

Edmonton Sun 2010

Mr. Bork's name became a verb, as in "to bork a nominee with malicious irrelevancies," which is useful for compilers of dictionaries but, like the tarred-and-feathered man being ridden out of town on a rail in Lincoln's famous homily, an honor

Front Page - The Washington Times 2010

The rich and powerful are going to be tarred-and-feathered cinematically.

GreenCine Daily 2009

The rich and powerful are going to be tarred-and-feathered cinematically.

GreenCine Daily 2009

"Few have been as unjustly tarred-and-feathered as thoroughly as President Bush".

Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009