get a black eye meaning

• [American idiom]
  to get a bruise near the eye from being struck.
  • I got a black eye from walking into a door.
  • I have a black eye where John hit me.
  
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  [American slang]
  v. phr. 1. To receive a dark ring around the eye after being hit by someone's fist or an object. In the fistfight Tom got a black eye from Pete. Sue got a black eye when she ran into a tree. 2. To have one's character denigrated. Our firm received a black eye because of all the consumer complaints that were lodged against our product.
  

• a black eye:    [American slang]1. ...
• black eye:    Noun: black eye&nb ...
• eye-black:     noun  M ...

Examples

1. what ifl get a black eye ? [ laughs]
2. i hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in
3. what ifl get a black eye ? laughs
4. That petrifies me, to get a black eye,
5. I'd get a black eye.