| 词组 | rotten to the core |
| 释义 | Idiom rotten to the core Theme: BAD completely no good and worthless.Fred is rotten to the core. He will never be a good member of society.I hope that just because I made one little mistake with my life that you don't think I am rotten to the core. Slang rotten to the core Theme: UNDESIRABLE mod. really bad.That lousy punk is rotten to the core.The entire administration is rotten to the core. rotten to the coreThoroughly and totally 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! rotten to the coreFig. really bad; corrupt. That lousy punk is rotten to the core. The entire administration is rotten to the core. rotten to the coreThoroughly bad, as in It seems that this police unit is rotten to the core, involved in numerous extortion schemes . The noun core here denotes the central part or heart of anything or anyone. The idiom was first recorded in 1804. rotten to the core mod. really bad. (see also rotten apple.) That lousy punk is rotten to the core. |
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