不像別人說的那麼壞
not as black as he / she / it is painted
not as bad as people say he / she / it is
He's not very friendly, but he's not as black as he's painted.他不太友善,但也不像別人說的那麼壞。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版