They seem to be especially irked by having been mentioned in the same breath.

Now comes Ewing, who by the end of the 1990's hopes to be mentioned in the same breath as those players.

Surely he wouldn't mention such in the same breath with his mother and aunt.

You do not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with them.

Now you have to mention us in the same breath.

"Now we've got a guy at the close of the century you can mention in the same breath."

We are very pleased to be mentioned in the same breath as a program like Texas.

The Onion is being mentioned in the same breath with those other names?

"This record is a very minor one, but any time you can get mentioned in the same breath as those guys, it's a great honor."

"He shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath with me."