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Meaning of måla fan på väggen | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitioner

  1. to assume the worst is going to happen
    idiomatic
  2. to present a situation as being worse than it actually is
    idiomatic

Exempel

“A to B: "I am going to forget what to say and everyone is going to laugh at me."”
“B to A: "Do not paint the devil on the wall."”
“Hon målade verkligen fan på väggen när hon kallade sin partikamrat fascist.”

She really went too far when she called her fellow party member a fascist.

CEFR-nivå

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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