be as black as are is painted

not be as black as you are/it is painted

if people or situations are not as black as they are painted, they are not as bad as people say they are I've met him a few times. He's not as black as he's painted.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
SİMge	-	Turkish
Heydar	-	Persian
Mainio	MIE-nee-o	Finnish
Kazue	kah-zoo-e	Japanese
Marilena	mah-ree-LE-nah (Italian)	Italian, Romanian
Clementine	['kleməntain]