rotten

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

be rotten to the core

if a person or an organization is rotten to the core, it behaves in a way that is not honest or moral. The whole legal system is rotten to the core.

See also: core

spoil someone rotten

to do whatever someone wants you to do or to give them anything they want. My husband spoils me rotten. Look at all this jewellery he's given me. Those children are spoiled rotten by their grandparents.

See also: spoil

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spoil someone rotten

to do everything possible to satisfy someone's desires. Those children are spoiled rotten by their grandparents. Dad always spoiled us rotten, and Mom was the one who disciplined us.

See also: spoil