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paint a picture

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paint a picture (of something)
to describe a situation in a particular way. The report paints a picture of a neighborhood in decline.
Usage notes: often used with an adjective that describes the type of situation: Doctors have begun to paint a grim picture of his condition. I don't want to paint too rosy a picture.As the 2nd usage ex. shows, the obj is optional--SL, 1/03
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Could I paint a picture of Raffles with something other than my pen, it would be as I saw him that bright March morning, at his open door in the Albany, a trim, slim figure in matutinal gray, cool and gay and breezy as incarnate spring.
A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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