Darkness swallows light.

Meaning: This sentence describes a situation where negative feelings or negative circumstances overwhelm positive feelings or good situations. It's like saying, Negative emotions have overtaken the positive feelings.

Choice of Words: Darkness represents the absence of light or a gloomy atmosphere. The verb swallows means to consume or engulf something completely. Here, light symbolizes hope or positivity.

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Related Expressions

• Silence swallows every sound.
• Drain swallows water.
• The darkness swallowed the little light.
• Fireflies danced gracefully, painting the darkness with light.
• Darkness surrenders, light triumphs.
• Darkness vanished, light prevailed.
• Light illuminates, darkness vanishes.
• The darkness enveloped the small glimmer of light.
• The little light struggled against the overwhelming darkness.
• The tiny flicker of light danced in the suffocating darkness.