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- give bad marks to
give bad marks to
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Juliet | | JOO-lee-et, JOOL-yət | English |
| İLdar | | - | Tatar |
| Manfred | | MAHN-fret (German, Polish), MAHN-frət (Dutch) | German, Dutch, Polish |
| LorcÁN | | LOR-kan | Irish |
| Sha'ul | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Kunto | | - | Western African, Akan |