Idioms

give (someone) a black eye
to hit someone near the eye so that it becomes dark, to harm someone's reputation
I bumped into the door and it gave me a black eye. The bad products gave the company a black eye.

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  • give (someone) a blank check
  • give (someone) a break
  • give (someone) a bum steer
  • give (someone) a clean bill of health
  • give (someone) a dirty look
  • give (someone) a fair shake
  • give (someone) a free hand (with something)
  • give (someone) a hand
  • give (someone) a hard time
  • give (someone) a head start
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  • guard against (someone or something)
  • out of the blue
  • wake up
  • for hours on end
  • quick as a wink
  • give away (a secret) or give (a secret) away
  • not let (someone) catch you (doing something)
  • squawk about (something)
  • same to you
  • dead to the world


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