måla fan på väggen
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "paint the Devil on the wall".
Idiom
[edit]- to assume the worst is going to happen
- 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."
- to present a situation as being worse than it actually is
- 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.