Idioms with Paint

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Lets learn some idioms with the
word paint in them

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exciting as watching(the)paint
dry

What do you think this means?

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exciting as watching(the)paint
dry

means that something is very, very dull

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How about this?

Do I have to paint (you) a

picture?
Do I have to paint (you) a
picture?

Do you How simple do

It means: understand I need t make
yet? it for you?
paint black

Represent someone or
something as evil or
harmful. This idiom is
most often used in a
negative context, as in
He's not so black as he's
been painted.
paint oneself into a corner

Get oneself into a difficulty from which one can't extricate

oneself. For example, by volunteering to do more work in
the office and then taking a freelance job, George has
painted himself into a corner . This idiom uses the graphic
image of painting all of the floor except for the corner one
stands in, so that one cannot leave without stepping on wet
paint.
Now its time for you to think about
what you have learnt.
Which activities do you find as exciting as watching the paint dry?
When was the last time you had to paint someone a picture? What
happened?
Do you know someone who is painted black, although they dont
deserve it? Who painted them black and why?
When was the last time you painted yourself into a corner? How did
that happen?
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Idioms found at http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/paint