paint a [bleak etc.] picture of

paint a [bleak/rosy etc.] picture of something

to describe a situation in a particular way The article paints a bleak (= hopeless) picture of the future. He painted a rosy (= happy) picture of family life.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Venera	vye-NYE-rah (Russian), vee-NYE-rah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Albanian
Lyle	[lail]
Iona (1)	ie-ON-ə (English)	English, Scottish
NicolÁS	nee-ko-LAHS	Spanish
Carsten	KAHR-sten (Low German)	Low German, Danish
Goldstein	['gəuldsti:n]