there are bad apples in every bushel

Every group or organization has members ("bad apples") whose words or actions negatively impact the entire group, situation, project, etc. A: "Jeremy is such a brat. He won't listen to a word I say, and he gets the other kids all riled up too!" B: "Well, you know what they say—there are bad apples in every bushel." I get that there are bad apples in every bushel, but when the CEO is one of them, the company is doomed.

See also: apple, bad, bushel, every, there

See also:

there are bad apples in every barrel
there are bad apples in every bunch
there are bad apples in every orchard
there's a rotten apple in every barrel
ginger group
A-team
a paid-up member, etc.
paid-up member (of something)
common purse
be a card-carrying member (of something)

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