一度悪評がたてば二度と浮かばれない。

一度悪評がたてば二度と浮かばれない。

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

一度(いちど)悪評(あくひょう)がたてば二度(にど)と浮(う)かばれない。

Ichido akuhyō ga tateba nidoto ukabarenai.

一度 (いちど、ひとたび)

once; one time; on one occasion; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone; one musical interval

悪評 (あくひょう)

bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

二度と (にどと)

never again (with negative verb)

浮かぶ (うかぶ)

to float; to be suspended; to rise to surface; to come to mind; to have inspiration

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

Readings: ド、ト、タク、たび、 -た.い

Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude

Readings: アク、オ、わる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、 -にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

Reading: ヒョウ

Meanings: evaluate, criticism, comment

Readings: ニ、ジ、ふた、ふた.つ、ふたたび

Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)

Readings: フ、う.く、う.かれる、う.かぶ、む、う.かべる

Meanings: floating, float, rise to surface