A Complete Word Dictionary Encyclopedia
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Traditional English :: painting
painting.html - n.
1 the process or art of using paint.
2 a painted picture.
English Idioms :: paint the lily
painting.html - {v. phr.} To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough. * /To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily./ * /For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily./ * /Frank's father is a millionaire, but Frank gilds the lily by saying he is a billionaire./
English Idioms :: paint a gloomy picture
painting.html - {v. phr.} To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. * /We are sad because the weather forecast has painted a gloomy picture for all of next week when we go on vacation./
English Idioms :: paint oneself into a corner
painting.html - {v. phr.} To get oneself into a bad situation that is difficult or impossible to get out of. * /By promising to both lower taxes and raise the defense budget, the president has painted himself into a corner./
English Idioms :: paint the lily
painting.html - See: GILD THE LILY.
English Idioms :: paint the town
painting.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To go out to drink and have a good time; celebrate wildly; carouse. * /It was the sailors' first night ashore; they painted the town red./ Compare: ON THE TOWN(2).
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