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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mis'id	-	Arabic
Dwayne	DWAYN, də-WAYN	English
MirÈIo	-	Occitan
Eider	-	Basque
Destiny	DES-tə-nee	English
Ida	IE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene