VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Bad Apple

Meaning:

A discontented, trouble making, or dishonest person

Examples:

  • Each and every one of the victims was a professional bad apple.
  • I'm sure, but that doesn't mean that a bad apple won't slip through from time to time.
  • You know, we can't let one bad apple ruin your work.
  • Well, look, there's a bad apple in every barrel, right?
  • Yeah, that's sad, but at the end Josie was just a bad apple.
  • Time will tell if it was one bad apple spoiling the rest.
  • I mean, just cause I'm a bad apple.
  • Pretty much is the bad apple of the family.
  • And one bad apple can spoil everything.
  • So... so, what, you think he's a bad apple?