Idiom
bad books
Meaning
Disfavor.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am in my boss's bad books today.”
“After arriving late to the meeting three times this week, I am definitely in the manager's bad books.”
“By questioning the director's authority during the board meeting, the young executive quickly found himself in the bad books of the company's most influential stakeholders.”
Examples
simple
“I am in my boss's bad books today.”
contextual
“After arriving late to the meeting three times this week, I am definitely in the manager's bad books.”
complex
“By questioning the director's authority during the board meeting, the young executive quickly found himself in the bad books of the company's most influential stakeholders.”
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