black mark

It is a black mark for the nation's paper of record.

On a personal level, this could mean a black mark in his service record.

There would be a black mark on this season though.

The mission would be a black mark on his record.

That he had his own flat was another black mark against him.

But there was a black mark somewhere in the red.

"I thought it was a black mark against me - a single woman with a small child," she said.

He looked down at the black mark on the ledge.

It means jail and a black mark for the rest of your service.

"Over the years, this has been one of the black marks on the industry."

Another black mark was put up against my name when I declined the offer.

A black mark against a person relates to something bad they have done.

The others were free to work at other homes with no black mark against their names.

Do the black marks on a page of music mean the same now as they did then?

Still, you could almost see the black mark being registered against the name of the man who had asked the question.

His past held only one black mark - at least in retrospect.

But it would be, if not a black mark, a gray one.

I better get to work or I'll have another black mark on my record."

"There will be this black mark against them," she said.

And Mary had added another black mark to her soul.

"President Clinton will have a very black mark on his record because of that signature," he said.

For instance, a black mark might be made on the face or neck of a loved one.

If they fail, it will be a black mark on the invasion.

She had no black mark but a red splotch, almost as bad.

I've already got one black mark on my record, you know."