"Give you a black eye" nghĩa là gì?

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'Give (someone or something) a black eye' = đánh ai bầm tím mắt -> khiến ai hay thứ gì trở nên tồi tệ; phá hủy danh tiếng của ai hay cái gì

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You might be surprised to learn that your food recycling bin can actually give you a black eye …. even without somebody using it to hit you in the face

But, I mean, if somebody’s gonna do it to me, I’m glad it’s him. He was a sweetheart about it. And I said, “Chuck, if it was possible to give you a black eye, I’d do it.” But it wouldn’t show up.

In his remarks, Cuellar note that the U.S. does $1.7 billion of trade with Mexico each day, which works out at $1 million a minute. The Laredo Democrat dismissed thoughts that Democrats on Capitol Hill would oppose (chống đối, phản đối) the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement in order to give a black eye to President Trump.

“This isn’t a fight about the oil and gas business,” said Pack, who was named as the 2011 Rancher of the Year by the National Resources Conservation Service. “We’ve got no problem with oil and gas. This a fight against private, big-profit transportation companies, that actually give oil and gas industry a black eye. Even the oil and gas industry wants these people to change the way they do business.

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