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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shariah	shah-REE:-‘ah	Arabic
Ramirus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
LÉOnne	-	French
Gjorgji	-	Macedonian
Avedis	-	Armenian
Josefina	ho-se-FEE-nah (Spanish), zhoo-zə-FEE-nə (Portuguese), yoo-se-FEE-nah (Swedish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish