Regina Tuyen Le
2021-08-08 02:08
The devil is not so black as he is painted proverb
Someone is not as bad, cruel, maleficent as they are said or believed to be.
Till the end of the film "Joker", I realize that the devil is not so black as he is painted.
We cannot believe that Professor Severus Snape is as evil as people described. The devil is not so black as he is painted.
He is not as scary or evil as the villagers think. In truth, he also used to live a good and honest life. The devil is not so black as he is painted.
Used to describe someone who is good at persuading people to do or believe something
Show fortitude, and determination of character
It means people cannot change their nature like personalities, habits, etc.
A despicable person who does unscrupulous or immoral things
This proverb comes from a work named A Dialogue of Comfort (1553) iii.xxii. "Some saye in sporte, and thinke in earnest: the devill is not so blacke as he is painted".
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