a bad egg

A dishonest or ill-behaved person. Primarily heard in US. We could tell he was a bad egg even at a young age.

bad egg

An individual who turns out to be rotten, as in You can't trust him-he's simply a bad egg. Although egg had been used for various kinds of person (young, good, bad) since Shakespeare's day, this transfer of a seemingly wholesome food that, when opened, turns out to be rotten took place only in the mid-1800s. An early definition appeared in The Atheneum of 1864: "A bad egg ... a fellow who had not proved to be as good as his promise." In contrast, the schoolyard saying Last one in is a rotten egg does not have any special significance other than as a way of urging others to join an activity, jump in the water, or the like. Also see good egg.

bad egg

n. a repellent person. You’re not such a bad egg after all.

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释义	a bad egg a bad egg A dishonest or ill-behaved person. Primarily heard in US. We could tell he was a bad egg even at a young age. See also: bad, egg Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bad egg An individual who turns out to be rotten, as in You can't trust him-he's simply a bad egg. Although egg had been used for various kinds of person (young, good, bad) since Shakespeare's day, this transfer of a seemingly wholesome food that, when opened, turns out to be rotten took place only in the mid-1800s. An early definition appeared in The Atheneum of 1864: "A bad egg ... a fellow who had not proved to be as good as his promise." In contrast, the schoolyard saying Last one in is a rotten egg does not have any special significance other than as a way of urging others to join an activity, jump in the water, or the like. Also see good egg. See also: bad, egg The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. bad egg n. a repellent person. You’re not such a bad egg after all. See also: bad, egg McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: bad egg bad trot as bad as all that have a bad opinion of (someone or something) have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something be downhill all the way downhill all the way it's the story of my life story of my life, the (it's/that's the) story of my life
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