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    What is the 'negative meaning' (you probably mean 'negative connotation') you mention? I can't see how 'being well known, with negative connotations' can't mean 'notorious'.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Aug 7, 2017 at 18:54
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    I am confused now after re-reading (or was it an edit) ... while I can understand your first paragraphs about someone standing out but "incomplete" your last sentence about them being untrustworthy and liable to be arrested seems to take it to "notorious" or "ill-famed" levels which you said it did not mean. I agree with @EdwinAshworth that they seem contradictory.
    – Tom22
    Commented Aug 7, 2017 at 20:45
  • Perhaps you mean something in your last sentence more like : We can't ~rely~ on him. He is like a cow with white forehead and may be ~deposed~. * substituting *rely for trust, and deposed for arrested.
    – Tom22
    Commented Aug 7, 2017 at 20:50
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    I see. We are less accustomed to people who might be a hero being arrested for political causes.
    – Tom22
    Commented Aug 7, 2017 at 20:59
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    The question is unclear, for the reason given by EdwinAshworth. I have read the comments to try and understand, but I have no clue what you mean by the phrase "you can be sure to assign a work to him or here anymore"; it is not good English. Voting to close as "unclear what you're asking", but hoping that you can provide the clarification as I love these "translate idiom" questions.
    – AndyT
    Commented Aug 8, 2017 at 9:03