look black



look black

Appear threatening or unfavorable, as in The future looked black for Henry after he dropped out of school. This expression employs black in the sense of "boding ill," a usage dating from about 1700. Also see under dirty look.
See also: black, look

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JodyJO-deeEnglish
JeongjungKorean
Jiang-Chinese
Reimund-German
Gerolf-Dutch
Bronagh-Irish