paint black

paint black

Represent someone or something as evil or harmful. This idiom is most often used in a negative context, as in He's not so black as he's been painted. [Late 1500s]

See also: black, paint

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Tiffany		TIF-ə-nee	English
ConstanÇA		-	Portuguese
Ethel		ETH-əl	English
Ziemowit		zhe-MAW-veet	Polish
Hudde		-	Medieval English
Lamis		-	Arabic

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