den Teufel an die Wand malen

German

Etymology

Literally: "to paint the devil on the wall"

Pronunciation
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Verb

den Teufel an die Wand malen

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) to be overly pessimistic (and thereby evoke a bad outcome)
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