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look black
look black
look black
Appear threatening or unfavorable, as in
The future looked black for Henry after he dropped out of school
. This expression employs
black
in the sense of "boding ill," a usage dating from about 1700. Also see under
dirty look
.
See also:
black
,
look
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Aleix
ə-LESH
Catalan
Epifanio
e-pee-FAH-nyo
Spanish, Italian
Nicolae
-
Romanian
Zsuzsi
-
Hungarian
Declan
-
Irish
Wynn
[win]
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