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
Iskra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Penney	['peni:]
KajetÁN	-	Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Gisila	-	Ancient Germanic
RacŁAw	RAHTS-wahf	Polish
Symeon	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin