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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Makariy-Russian (Archaic)
Virginia[və(:)'dʒinjə]
Linsey['linzi]
Septembersep-TEM-bərEnglish (Rare)
Ghyslain-French (Rare)
Sridevi-Indian, Telugu, Tamil