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painting a rosy picture

painting a rosy picture is the present participle and gerund of paint a rosy picture.

Meaning of paint a rosy picture

Verb

paint a rosy picture (third-person singular simple present paints a rosy picture, present participle painting a rosy picture, simple past and past participle painted a rosy picture)

  1. (idiomatic) To describe a situation or prospective set of events in an upbeat, optimistic manner.
    • Censored dispatches painted a rosy picture of Soviet plenty, but uncensored reports told a different story […] [with] Soviet bureaucracy malfunctioning as usual.1948 January 12, “Russia: Tombstones & Wolf Traps”, in Time, retrieved 23 Aug 2020

Questions about painting a rosy picture

What is painting a rosy picture the present participle and gerund of?
Painting a rosy picture is the present participle and gerund of paint a rosy picture.

Words near painting a rosy picture in the dictionary

  1. paintier
  2. paintiest
  3. paintin'
  4. paintiness
  5. painting
  6. painting a rosy picture
  7. painting by numbers
  8. painting down
  9. painting knife
  10. painting knives
  11. painting oneself into a corner

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