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
Kalyan	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
Mack (1)	MAK	English
ČEdomir	CHE-do-meer (Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian
Aubrie	AWB-ree	English (Modern)
Ranka	-	Croatian
Cronus	KRO-nəs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)