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
Youta	yo:-tah	Japanese
Ayla (2)	-	Turkish
Femme	FEM-mə (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian
Paul	PAWL (English), POL (French), POWL (German)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Biblical
Serafima	sye-rah-FEE-mah (Russian), see-rah-FEE-mah (Russian), se-rah-FEE-mah (Macedonian)	Russian, Macedonian
Rajab	-	Arabic