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
Izanami-Far Eastern Mythology
Rory['rɔ:ri]
Mcgill[mə'gil]
MissyMIS-eeEnglish
Omolara-Western African, Yoruba
BirutĖ-Lithuanian