📚 proverb • entry_id 57831
a bad penny always turns up
/ə bæd pɛni ɔɫweɪz tɝnz ʌp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hierba mala nunca muere
A person or thing which is unpleasant, dishonorable, or unwanted tends to appear (or reappear), especially at inopportune times.
Elsa Schneider: I never expected to see you again. Indiana Jones: I'm like a bad penny. I always turn up.
It has been wisely said: “A bad penny always turns up again.” . . . Merwin K. Hart turns up again and again. And the Money-Changers of the Republican Party have knowingly sought to…
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