bad sort

An aggressive, mean-spirited, dangerous, or generally unpleasant person. I wouldn't get involved with him, he's known to be a bad sort.

bad sort, a

An unpleasant, mean person, as in We cautioned Bill about his friend, who was clearly a bad sort. The antonym is a good sort, a pleasant, kind person, as in She's a good sort, always helping her neighbors. The latter is stronger than not a bad sort, as in He seems ill-tempered now and then, but he's not a bad sort. All three terms use a sort in the sense of "kind of person." [Second half of 1800s]

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释义	bad sort bad sort An aggressive, mean-spirited, dangerous, or generally unpleasant person. I wouldn't get involved with him, he's known to be a bad sort. See also: bad, sort Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bad sort, a An unpleasant, mean person, as in We cautioned Bill about his friend, who was clearly a bad sort. The antonym is a good sort, a pleasant, kind person, as in She's a good sort, always helping her neighbors. The latter is stronger than not a bad sort, as in He seems ill-tempered now and then, but he's not a bad sort. All three terms use a sort in the sense of "kind of person." [Second half of 1800s] See also: bad The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: bad sort, a in bad sorts 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/that's the) story of my life it's the story of my life story of my life, the References in classic literature "Carter's not a bad sort. We have him to dine now and then. Of Human Bondage I'd rather live in a little hut on the side of the road with a man I was fond of than in my big house with the one I've got.' Jane Ann's man ain't such a bad sort, nuther, though he's so contrary that he wears his fur coat when the thermometer's at ninety. Anne of The Island Mell was not a bad sort of fellow, but hadn't a sixpence to bless himself with; and that there was no doubt that old Mrs. David Copperfield He is a bad sort. Trap-robber, horse-thief, squaw-man, renegado - Hank Butters - I know him very well. Horses Tale "Ah, Madame," said D'Artagnan, entering by the door which the young woman opened for him, "allow me to tell you that you have a bad sort of a husband." Three Musketeers Come to think of it, the older Rose wasn't acting like a bad sort. But then, when it came to a show-down she might not be so magnanimous as she had appeared tonight. Dust "Miss Scatcherd is hasty--you must take care not to offend her; Madame Pierrot is not a bad sort of person." Jane Eyre she was not a bad sort, and had a great deal to bear. Howards End "To get their own bread they must overdose the king's lieges; and that's a bad sort of treason, Mr. Middlemarch I am aware he is a furious royalist; but, in spite of that, and of his being king's attorney, he is a man like ourselves, and I fancy not a bad sort of one." Count of Monte Cristo "He is not a bad sort, after all, that officer gentleman." The Country Doctor The Chancellor is in the pocket of the money lenders and has to do as he is told; otherwise he's bankrupt, and a bad sort of bankruptcy, too, with nothing but cards and actresses behind it. The Man Who Knew Too Much He can't be such a bad sort if he knew enough to please his mother-in-law by dining with her in her house on Mother's Day. Crunch time Apparently, there is good and bad cholesterol and a high level of the bad sort is not good because it can lead to a build up of fatty material that narrows the arteries to the heart. A healthier diet or I've had my chips Berofksy then critiques what he calls conditionalist analyses of freedom, which underlie what he sees as a bad sort of compatibilism, one in the grips of necessitarian metaphysics. Berofsky, Bernard. Nature's Challenge to Free Will
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