a black mark

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a black mark

if you get a black mark, people think that something you have done is bad and they will remember it in future This administrative error will be a black mark on his record. (often + against ) If I'm late for work it'll be another black mark against me.

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Byline: Alan Grainger A BLACK mark for Vincent Black (Viewpoints, March 11), suggesting a renaming of the Cardiff Wales Airport should be Kid Welly, after a famous Welsh boxing champion. Letter: STRAIGHT TO THE point by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) The creditor then informs the credit reporting agency, and you are stuck with a black mark on your credit report which stay there for the next seven years. How to Use A Collection Agent to Repair Your Credit by Ryan Cote / Finance and Investment community It was supposedly a black mark against football, terrible behaviour and blah, blah, blah. Ally McCoist: Tunnel tussle made me Keane for more by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			a Bible-basher a big ask a big cheese a big deal a big fish a big fish in a small pond a big girl's blouse a big gun a big mouth a big shot a big-head a billet-doux a bird in the hand a bird's eye view a bird-brain a bit much a bit of all right a bit of fluff a bit of how's your father a bit of rough a bit on the side a bite of the cherry a bite to eat a bitter pill a black day a black mark a blank cheque a blast from the past a bleeding heart a blessing in disguise a blind alley a blind date a blind spot a blood brother a blot on the landscape a blow job a blue-eyed boy a bodice-ripper a body blow a bolt from the blue a bon mot a bon viveur a bone of contention a bone to pick with a bossy boots a bottomless pit a brain box a brain drain a brain trust a breath of fresh air a bright spark			a bit of an a bit of an a bit of an a bit of an a bit of fluff A Bit of Fry and Laurie a bit of how's your father a bit of rough a bit of skirt a bit of the action a bit on the side a bite of the cherry a bite to eat a bitter pill a bitter pill a bitter pill a bitter pill a bitter pill to swallow a bitter pill to swallow a bitter pill to swallow a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in mouth a bitter taste in the mouth a bitter taste in the mouth a bitter taste in the mouth a bitter taste in the mouth A Bittorrent Client a black day a black mark A Black Rose Burial a blank cheque a blast from the past A Bleeding Heart A Blessing in Disguise a blind alley A blind boil a blind date a blind spot A block A block of shares A Blockdiagram Language a blood brother a blot on (one's) escutcheon a blot on (one's) escutcheon a blot on (one's) escutcheon a blot on escutcheon a blot on escutcheon a blot on escutcheon a blot on the landscape a blow job a blow-by-blow description a blue-eyed boy a bodice-ripper a body blow a bolt from the blue a bolt from the blue a bolt from the blue a bolt from the blue a bolt from the blue

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