give bad marks to

Judge unsatisfactory, as in They gave bad marks to the President's program. This expression transfers the marking used in evaluating schoolwork to other endeavors. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olek	AW-lek	Polish
Hyacintha	-	History
Avidan	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Celso	CHEL-so (Italian), THEL-so (Spanish), SEL-so (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Agiss	['ægis]
Jagienka	yah-GYEN-kah	Polish