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paint someone in a bad light

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Definition


A biased opinion that portrays someone negatively. 

Context : Social Life
Category: Metaphor
Semantic: bias

Usage of “paint someone in a bad light”

  1. The article painted him in a bad light. It completely ignored all of his charitable work.

Examples of idiom “paint someone in a bad light” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'meurigf'
    meurigf:

    @tom_marzipan If I said the main reason I'm going was the name, would that paint me in a bad light?