give a black eye to (someone or something)
give a black eye to (someone or something)
To make someone or something look bad; to damage one's reputation. That food critic's negative review really gave a black eye to my restaurant.
See also: black, eye, give
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be replaced by (someone or something)
- be replaced with (someone or something)
- be remembered as (something)
- be remembered as/for something
- a blot on (one's) escutcheon
- a blot on escutcheon
- a blot on the escutcheon
- a blot on your escutcheon
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep