Black mark
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that negatively affects someone's reputation. idiomatic
""It taints your CV as people look at it and see what's gone on and it does put a bit of a black mark against 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."
Example
More examples""It taints your CV as people look at it and see what's gone on and it does put a bit of a black mark against 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."