bad press

a bad press

Negative or unflattering coverage by the media. Ever since our shop got a bad press in the Sunday paper, we've hardly gotten any customers.
See also: bad, press

bad press

Negative or unflattering coverage by the media. Ever since our shop got some bad press in the Sunday paper, we've hardly gotten any customers.
See also: bad, press
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a bad press

COMMON If someone or something gets a bad press, they are repeatedly criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. Rarely has a local authority received such a bad press. Note: This expression is often varied. For example, you can talk about someone getting bad press, or you can replace bad with other adjectives. Banks have lately received a lot of bad press about their conduct. He often had such a terrible press, yet everyone who met him liked him. Compare with a good press.
See also: bad, press
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • a bad press
  • bad paper
  • as bad as all that
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • be downhill all the way
  • downhill all the way
  • it's the story of my life
  • story of my life, the
  • (it's/that's the) story of my life
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