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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jadon	JAH-dən (English), JAY-dən (English)	Biblical
Sanjeev	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada
Tjeerd	TYAY:RT (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Aya	ah-yah	Japanese
Woden	WO-dən (English)	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Iou	-	Biblical Greek