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 one's right arm
- spit in (someone's) eye
- give way
- give (someone) enough rope and they will hang themselves
- cry one's eyes out
- give a little
- give birth
- give off (something)
- eyeball-to-eyeball
- out of the corner of one's eye
- go into (something) with one's eyes (wide) open
- give a wide birth to (someone or something)
- more to (someone or something) than meets the eye
- give credit where credit is due
- without batting an eye