Idiom of the day :- Paint a gloomy picture

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Robert is depressed. That may be why he is painting a gloomy picture. To paint a gloomy picture is to describe something — an event, a situation, the future, etc. — in a cheerless, gloomy or unpromising way. ‘I’m sad because the weatherman has painted a gloomy picture for the weekend,’ Robert sighed. ‘he said it’s going to rain.’