The devil is not so black as he is painted In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "the devil is not so black as he is painted", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Regina Tuyen Le calendar 2021-08-08 02:08

Meaning of The devil is not so black as he is painted

Synonyms:

(one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite

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.

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slime bucket

A despicable person who does unscrupulous or immoral things

Origin of The devil is not so black as he is painted

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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