Idiom
look on the dark side
Meaning
To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a negative perspective; to be pessimistic or miserable.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please stop looking on the dark side of everything.”
“Even though we lost the game, there is no reason to look on the dark side.”
“Despite the mounting evidence of success, he insisted on looking on the dark side, convinced that failure was inevitable.”
Examples
simple
“Please stop looking on the dark side of everything.”
contextual
“Even though we lost the game, there is no reason to look on the dark side.”
complex
“Despite the mounting evidence of success, he insisted on looking on the dark side, convinced that failure was inevitable.”
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