Give me a black eye là gì

Idiom(s): get a black eye

Theme: HEALTH - INJURY

to get a bruise near the eye from being struck.• I got a black eye from walking into a door.• I have a black eye where John hit me. v. phr. 1. To receive a dark ring around the eye after being hit by someone's fist or an object. In the fistfight Tom got a black eye from Pete. Sue got a black eye when she ran into a tree. 2. To have one's character denigrated. Our firm received a black eye because of all the consumer complaints that were lodged against our product.

Idiom(s): give sb a black eye

Theme: HARM

to harm the character or reputation of someone.• The constant complaining gave the whole group a black eye.• His behavior gave him a black eye with the manager. Idiom(s): give sb a black eye

Theme: HARM

to harm the character or reputation of someone.• The constant complaining gave the whole group a black eye.• His behavior gave him a black eye with the manager.

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'Give (someone or something) a black eye' = đánh ai bầm tím mắt -> khiến ai hay thứ gì trở nên tồi tệ; phá hủy danh tiếng của ai hay cái gì

Ví dụ

You might be surprised to learn that your food recycling bin can actually give you a black eye …. even without somebody using it to hit you in the face

But, I mean, if somebody’s gonna do it to me, I’m glad it’s him. He was a sweetheart about it. And I said, “Chuck, if it was possible to give you a black eye, I’d do it.” But it wouldn’t show up.

In his remarks, Cuellar note that the U.S. does $1.7 billion of trade with Mexico each day, which works out at $1 million a minute. The Laredo Democrat dismissed thoughts that Democrats on Capitol Hill would oppose (chống đối, phản đối) the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement in order to give a black eye to President Trump.

“This isn’t a fight about the oil and gas business,” said Pack, who was named as the 2011 Rancher of the Year by the National Resources Conservation Service. “We’ve got no problem with oil and gas. This a fight against private, big-profit transportation companies, that actually give oil and gas industry a black eye. Even the oil and gas industry wants these people to change the way they do business.

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