give (someone) a black eye
поставить кому-либо синяк под глазом, подпортить чью-либо репутацию
My boss tried to hush up the scandal; he didn't want the company to be given a black eye.
Другие идиомы:
- give (someone) a free hand
- close one's eyes to (something)
- keep one's eye on the ball
- give (someone) the brush-off
- see eye to eye (with someone)
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- all eyes are on (someone or something)
- give credence to (someone or something)
- give away (something)
- have an eye on (someone or something)
- have an eye for (something)
- with a jaundiced eye
- give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
- pull the wool over (someone's) eyes
- have stars in one's eyes