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:
- have one's eye on (someone or something)
- not a dry eye in the house
- give (someone) the brush-off
- pull the wool over (someone's) eyes
- to the naked eye
- give oneself up to (something)
- with an eye to (doing something)
- in one's mind's eye
- go into (something) with one's eyes (wide) open
- give (someone) a head start
- give voice to (one's feelings)
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- give (someone) a tongue-lashing
- sight for sore eyes
- eye of the storm