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
Gwynedd	-	Welsh
Innocent	IN-ə-sənt (English)	History
Ade (1)	-	Western African, Yoruba
Orso	-	Italian
Flossie	FLAWS-ee	English
Henrikki	HEN-reek-kee	Finnish