黒星

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

くろぼし【黒星】

I 〔黒い点〕a black spot [dot]; 〔的の中心〕the bull's-eye

II 〔負け〕a loss; 〔失敗〕a failure

• 黒星を取る
  lose a point／be beaten／be defeated
• このところ黒星続きだ
  I am in the middle of a losing streak.／〔失敗続き〕I have made one mistake after another.
• あの答弁は彼の黒星だった
  His own reply gave him a black eye [mark].
• あの事件は警察の黒星だった
  The police mishandled [made a blunder in] that case.

出典｜小学館