B2 — Upper Intermediate🎨 Colors
Dipingere a tinte fosche
To paint a bleak picture
Literal Translation
"To paint in dark tints"
What it means
To describe a situation in an overly negative and pessimistic way.
Example in context
"I giornali dipingevano il futuro a tinte fosche."
"The newspapers painted a bleak picture of the future."
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