be rotten to the core

To be entirely bad, evil, or corrupt. The defense attorney refused to take the case when he realized the criminal was rotten to the core, unrepentantly boasting about his heinous crimes. That company is just rotten to the core—I wouldn't be surprised if all the employees were embezzling money!

See also: core, rotten

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

core
rotten to the core
rotten
rotten apple spoils the barrel, a
to the core
evil be to him who evil thinks
the evil one
see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
sepulchre
a whited sepulcher

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IF this was a bad album then it would be rotten to the core.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK; Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine *****

词组	be rotten to the core
释义	be rotten to the core be rotten to the core To be entirely bad, evil, or corrupt. The defense attorney refused to take the case when he realized the criminal was rotten to the core, unrepentantly boasting about his heinous crimes. That company is just rotten to the core—I wouldn't be surprised if all the employees were embezzling money! See also: core, rotten Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: core rotten to the core rotten rotten apple spoils the barrel, a to the core evil be to him who evil thinks the evil one see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil sepulchre a whited sepulcher References in periodicals archive IF this was a bad album then it would be rotten to the core. ALBUM OF THE WEEK; Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine *****
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