bad name

Idioms and Phrases

see give a bad name .

Example Sentences

Because honestly, you are giving parents a bad name.

From Los Angeles Times

The footage, which has been taken down by YouTube, shows the “You Give Love a Bad Name” singer and a female production assistant approaching a woman who was standing outside the rail on the truss bridge’s outer ledge.

From Los Angeles Times

"You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks."

From BBC

“Nepal has received a bad name for the garbage and dead bodies which have polluted the Himalayas on a grave scale,” Major Aditya Karki, the leader of this year’s operation, told BBC Nepali.

From BBC

“How long do we hold on to grievances? A couple years, a couple of decades, a couple centuries? You want to pass down to your great-, great-grandkids that, ‘Hey, one day, you know, I was called a bad name, you know, 200 years ago, so don’t forget, man.

From Seattle Times