bad

bad

slang Good or cool. Dang, that's bad, man. I love the sound on your new album.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bad

1. mod. powerful; intense. This grass is bad!
2. mod. suitable; excellent; good. I got some new silks that are really bad.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (it's) not half bad
  • a bad apple
  • a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a bad carpenter blames his tools
  • a bad egg
  • a bad excuse is better than none
  • a bad hair day
  • a bad lot
  • a bad mixer
  • a bad penny
  • a bad penny always turns up
  • a bad press
  • a bad quarter of an hour
  • a bad rap
  • a bad taste in (one's)/the mouth
  • a bad taste in the mouth
  • a bad time
  • a bad workman blames his tools
  • a bad/rotten apple
  • a good mixer
  • a good/bad mixer
  • a hard time
  • a run of bad luck
  • a streak of bad luck
  • a string of bad luck
  • as bad as all that
  • bad
  • bad actor
  • bad blood
  • bad boy
  • bad break
  • bad bunch
  • bad call
  • bad cess to
  • bad cess to (one)
  • bad check
  • bad company
  • bad egg
  • bad excuse is better than none
  • bad faith
  • bad feeling
  • bad form
  • bad habits die hard
  • bad hair day
  • bad iron
  • bad joke
  • bad lot
  • bad luck
  • bad money drives out good
  • bad mouth
  • bad name
  • bad news
  • bad news travels fast
  • bad news/good news
  • bad off
  • bad omen
  • bad paper
  • bad penny
  • bad penny always turns up
  • bad penny, always turns up (comes back) like a
  • bad press
  • bad publicity is good publicity
  • bad rap
  • bad sort
  • bad sort, a
  • bad taste
  • bad time
  • bad times
  • bad to the bone
  • bad trip
  • bad trot
  • bad word
  • bad workers always blame their tools
  • bad/ill feeling
  • bad-ball hitter
  • bad-mouth
  • be bad news
  • be in (someone's) bad books
  • be in a bad mood
  • be in a bad way
  • be in bad odor with
  • be in bad shape
  • be in bad taste
  • be in bad with (someone)
  • be in bad, the worst possible, etc. taste
  • be in good/bad odour
  • be in the worst possible taste
  • be in/get into somebody's good/bad books
  • be no bad thing
  • be no bad thing...
  • be not half bad
  • be on bad terms (with someone)
  • be on friendly terms with (someone)
  • be on good terms (with someone)
  • be on good, bad, friendly, etc. terms
  • be the best of a bad bunch
  • be the best of a bad lot
  • bearer of bad news
  • best of a bad bargain, to make the
  • best of a bad bunch
  • best of a bad lot
  • big bad
  • can't be bad
  • catch (one) at a bad time
  • catch at a bad time
  • come to a bad end
  • come to a bad/sticky end
  • come to a sticky end
  • come to an end
  • do (someone) a bad turn
  • do a bad job
  • do a good job
  • do a good, bad, etc. job
  • every bit as (something)
  • every bit as good, bad, etc.
  • feel bad
  • feel bad about (something)
  • fire is a good servant but a bad master
  • from bad to worse
  • get (a) bad press
  • get (a) good press
  • get in a bad mood
  • get in bad
  • get in bad with
  • get in bad with (one)
  • get in bad with someone
  • get into (someone's) bad books
  • get into bad company
  • get into/keep bad company
  • get on (someone's) bad side
  • get on the bad side of (someone)
  • get/have a good, bad, etc. press
  • give (one) a bad time
  • give (one) a hard time
  • give (one) a rough time
  • give (one) up as a bad job
  • give (someone or something) a bad name
  • give a bad account of (oneself)
  • give a bad name to
  • give a bad name to (someone or something)
  • give a bad name to, to
  • give a dog a bad name
  • give a dog a bad name and hang him
  • give bad marks to
  • give bad marks to (someone or something)
  • give somebody a rough, hard, bad, etc. time
  • give somebody/something up as a bad job
  • give something up as a bad job
  • give up (something) as a bad job
  • go bad
  • go from bad to worse
  • go through a bad patch
  • go through a sticky patch
  • go through, hit, etc. a bad/sticky patch
  • good riddance
  • good riddance (to bad rubbish)
  • good riddance to bad rubbish
  • good, bad, or indifferent
  • good/bad form
  • got it bad
  • hard cases make bad laws
  • have (a) bad press
  • have (a) good press
  • have a bad attitude
  • have a bad case of the simples
  • have a bad effect
  • have a bad effect (on someone or something)
  • have a bad hair day
  • have a bad night
  • have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a bad time
  • have a good night
  • have a good opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
  • have a good/bad night
  • have a high opinion of (someone or something)
  • have a low opinion of (someone or something)
  • have got it bad
  • hit a bad patch
  • hit a sticky patch
  • hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper
  • ill feeling
  • in (one's) bad graces
  • in (someone's) bad books
  • in a (kind of) light
  • in a bad light
  • in a bad mood
  • in a bad spot
  • in a bad way
  • in a fix
  • in a good light
  • in a good, bad, favourable, etc. light
  • in bad
  • in bad faith
  • in bad form
  • in bad odor
  • in bad odour
  • in bad shape
  • in bad sorts
  • in bad taste
  • in bad with
  • in bad with (one)
  • in bad with, be
  • in good, bad, etc. nick
  • in good, bad, etc. repair
  • in good/poor/etc. nick
  • in good/poor/etc. repair
  • in good/poor/etc. state of repair
  • in someone's bad books
  • in someone's bad graces
  • in the bad graces of
  • in the bad graces of (one)
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) barrel
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) bunch
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) bushel
  • keep bad company
  • leave a bad taste in (one's) mouth
  • leave a bad taste in mouth
  • leave a bad taste in one's mouth
  • leave a bad taste in the mouth
  • leave a bad taste in your mouth
  • leave a bad/nasty taste in the/your mouth
  • leave a nasty taste in (one's) mouth
  • leave an impression
  • like a bad dream
  • look bad
  • make a good/bad/etc. fist of (something)
  • make an impression
  • make bad weather of it
  • make the best of a bad bargain
  • make the best of a bad job
  • make the best of a bad situation
  • make the best of it
  • make the best of something/things/a bad job
  • mea culpa
  • moving three times is as bad as a fire
  • my bad
  • need (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • no publicity is bad publicity
  • not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
  • not a bad sort
  • not as (something) as all that
  • not as bad, tall, etc. as all that
  • not bad
  • not half bad
  • not have a (kind of) bone in (one's) body
  • not so bad
  • not too bad
  • nothing so bad but (it) might have been worse
  • Nothing so bad but might have been worse
  • off on the wrong foot
  • off to a bad start
  • on bad terms
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) bushel
  • Peck's bad boy
  • poor taste, in
  • put (one) in a bad mood
  • put down as bad
  • rotten egg
  • run of luck
  • set a precedent
  • set an example
  • so (something) it isn't true
  • so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • so bad one can taste it
  • so bad, stupid, etc. it isn't true
  • streak of bad luck
  • take the bad with the good
  • that's too bad
  • the best of a bad bunch/lot
  • the breaks
  • the good/bad old days
  • there is bad blood between
  • there is no such thing as bad publicity
  • three moves are as bad as a fire
  • throw good money after bad
  • throw good money after bad, to
  • too bad
  • too bad, so sad
  • tough/bad luck
  • turn up
  • turn up like a bad penny
  • want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad end
  • wicked bad
  • with bad grace
  • with good grace
  • with good/bad grace
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