give a dog a bad name and hang him

It is very difficult to lose or change a bad reputation. A: "Ever since I failed my exam, my teacher sees me as a slacker, no matter what I do." B: "Well, give a dog a bad name and hang him, right?"

See also: and, bad, dog, give, hang, name

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Badr	-	Arabic
Karine (2)	-	Norwegian
JoŽE	YAW-zhe	Slovene
Yeong	yung	Korean
Thorvald	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Avram	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew