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Meanings of bad apple in English

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Usage of bad apple in English
1
Yellow and green, oui-gia-yellowlike a bad apple, and cowardly green as a leek.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 6
2
You know the saying "one bad apple can spoil the whole batch"?
Wired
3
Pete knew Kurt had him pegged as a bad apple.
Naughty neighbor
4
We can't assume you've only scooped up one bad apple.
Patient Zero
5
Retiring the bad apple on full pension seemed "adequate punishment," added the chairman.
The new yorker
6
That's what her father used to say: His son kept coming back like a bad apple.
Kings of the earth: a novel
7
It was more of the ' bad apple' theory.
The Guardian
8
What do they say about the bad apple?
Beautiful creatures
9
Where there's one bad apple, more could follow.
Once bitten, twice dead
10
We weeded a bad apple off the force.
Driving Heat
11
And how stupid did he feel, having seemingly believed that Goodman was a sole bad apple?
The Guardian
12
Can one speckled and bad apple in a barrel of diseased apples turn the other apples good?
New Tabernacle Sermons
13
I could spot a bad apple instantly.
The World According to Bob
14
It said, quite clearly, that this wasn't a case of a bad apple or two in the barrel.
Zeitoun
15
He's a very bad apple, Bryce.
Phantoms
16
Then again if Nick was such a bad apple they might turn out to have a lot in common.
Kings of the earth: a novel
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