devil is not so black as he is painted

Prov. No one is as bad as people say he is. (Implies that people are saying too many bad things about someone.) I can't believe that actress is as coldhearted as the gossip columns say she is. The devil is not so black as he is painted.

See also: black, devil, he, not, painted

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Isidore	IZ-i-dawr (English), ee-zee-DOR (French)	English, French, Georgian, Jewish
Vespasianus	-	Ancient Roman
Mariette	-	French
Nikomedes	-	Ancient Greek
Jeremias	ye-re-MEE-ahs (German), YE-re-mee-ahs (Finnish)	German, Portuguese, Finnish
Fionnlagh	-	Irish, Scottish