paint a black picture (of someone or something)

To describe or portray someone, something, or some event as being extremely bad, hopeless, or unpleasant. You always paint a black picture of him, but he's a decent guy if you get to know him. I was really worried before starting the course because everyone I talked to had been painting such a black picture.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Clara	KLAH-rah (Italian, German, Spanish), KLER-ə (English), KLAR-ə (English)	Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Fishke	-	Yiddish
Adrienne	ad-ree-EN	French
Nediljka	-	Croatian
Ararat	-	Armenian
Nefertari	nef-ər-TAHR-ee (English)	Ancient Egyptian