black mark | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something that negatively affects someone's reputation.2011April 6, Aimee Lewis, quotingPaul Simpson, “Management after the sack”, inBBC Sport:"It taints your CV as people look at it and see what's gone on and it does put a bit of ablack markagainst you," says the man who, in 2006, was head hunted by Preston only for his tenure to be brought to a halt 17 months later.

Examples:

EN: If anything forbidden is found in your cupboard, you get a black mark
ES: Y si encuentro en tu armario algo prohibido, te apuntaré una falta.
EN: Poor Eric, in Berlin, it's a black mark against you.
ES: Pobre Eric. En Berlín, están muy disgustados contigo.
EN: - It's a long black mark against you.
ES: - Es una marca negra en tu contra.
EN: I've been with the Sûreté for 25 years without a black mark against me.
ES: He trabajado en la Sûreté durante 25 años sin una mala nota.
EN: Why not, Miss Lawson will only give you a black mark.
ES: ¿Por qué no? La señorita solo te pondrá una marca negra.
EN: - No. You're a businessman and you can't afford to have a black mark against you.
ES: Eres un hombre de negocios y no puedes tener una mancha en tu contra.
EN: So the Captain gave me a black mark, did he?
ES: Así que el Capitán me describió, ¿verdad?
EN: You give it a big, black mark?
ES: ¿Por qué no le cierras la bocaza?
EN: It would've been a black mark against this ship if anything had happened to the Duke of Wellington's sister.
ES: Sería muy negativo para este barco que algo le pasara a la hermana del duque de Wellington.
EN: - Not a black mark on his record.
ES: - No tiene ni una mancha en su expediente.
EN: Professor Marcus, this is another black mark against you.
ES: Profesor, otro punto negativo contra usted.
EN: In 36 years, it's the first black mark against The Sherwood School, awful.
ES: En 36 años, es la primera mancha de la escuela.
EN: Not only are you a disgrace, but your actions have caused a black mark to be made against this company and against me personally.
ES: No sólo es una vergüenza, sino que sus actos han arrojado una mancha sobre esta compañía y sobre mí personalmente.
EN: l`m gonna see that you erase that black mark.
ES: Me encargaré de que la borre.
EN: Rather than bowing before the law, enjoined by the fine this man responded with an unutterable word which we shall reveal at the trial, and it shall remain as a black mark in the history of this city.
ES: Este hombre, en vez de doblegarse ante la ley y a quien le puso la multa, respondió con una palabra irrepetible que revelaremos durante el juicio y que quedará escrita como una gran ignominia en la historia de esta ciudad.

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