paint a [bleak etc.] picture of

paint a [bleak/rosy etc.] picture of something

to describe a situation in a particular way The article paints a bleak (= hopeless) picture of the future. He painted a rosy (= happy) picture of family life.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mcqueen	[mə'kwi:n]
Jianhong	-	Chinese
Antigonus	an-TIG-ə-nəs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Wandal	-	Ancient Germanic
Josef	YO-zef (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech
Ruh	-	Arabic