OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 28975

bad apple

Meanings (ES + gloss)
garbanzo negro • mal elemento • manzana podrida • oveja negra
A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.
Near-synonym: bad egg
There is one bad apple, and that is Katie, the beautiful prostitute with whom Catcher Bruce is in love. Unlike the cliche harlot of fiction, she is as short of compassion as Bruce…
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