a bad apple

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a bad/rotten apple

one bad person in a group of people who are good You'll find the occasional rotten apple in every organization.

See also: apple, bad

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The sharpshooter who shot and killed a mother and her two children because they misunderstood orders (to turn right instead of left), given to them by Israeli soldiers who had invaded and occupied their home for days, holding them captive in one room before releasing them, was just a bad apple who made a mistake. Rotten Orchard: Israeli Soldiers Testify to War Crimes by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA) If you put a bad apple in a barrel of good apples, do the good turn the bad apple good? Letter: Your Say - Ditch bad apples by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Some people weren't prepared to do that because when I was younger I was a bit of a loose cannon, a bad apple. Football: BLACK CATS LEFT IN A SPIN BY DJ; The FA CUP Brentford 2 ... by The Mirror (London, England)			'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all a babe in the woods a baby boomer a back-handed compliment a backroom boy a backseat driver a bad apple a bad egg A bad workman blames his tools a bag lady a bag of bones a baker's dozen a balancing act a ball and chain a ball-breaker a ballpark estimate a balls-up a banana republic a banana skin a Band-Aid a bang up job a baptism by fire a bargaining chip a basket case a battle of nerves a battle of wills a battle of wits a battle royal a bean counter a bear hug a beast of burden a bed of roses			a 2 -plasmin inhibitor a 2 -plasmin inhibitor A 60 a a A a milne A acute A acute A Airlines a and a half a and a half a and a half a and a half A and e A and e A AND NOT B gate A and R A antigen a Aquilae A Avenir Evolution Technologique a axis A b A b A B C A B C book a babe in the woods a baby boomer A Baby's Best Friend a back-handed compliment a backroom boy a backseat driver a bad apple a bad egg a bad taste in mouth a bad taste in mouth a bad taste in mouth a bad taste in mouth a bad taste in the mouth a bad taste in the mouth a bad taste in the mouth a bad taste in the mouth a bad time A bad workman blames his tools a bag lady a bag of bones a bag of nerves a bag of nerves a bag of nerves a bag of nerves A Bag of Winds A Bag of Winds A baker's dozen A baker's dozen A Balanced Curriculum a balancing act a ball and chain a ball-breaker A balladeer a ballpark estimate a ballpark figure a balls-up a banana republic

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