bad egg

Examples (10)

• The smell from the fridge was awful; we found a bad egg at the back.
• You can tell it's a bad egg if it floats in water.
• He accidentally cracked a bad egg into the cake mix, ruining the whole batch.
• I wouldn't trust him with your money; he's known to be a bit of a bad egg.
• The new recruit turned out to be a bad egg, causing trouble for the whole team.
• Despite his respectable family, he was always considered the bad egg of the group.
• It's a shame that one bad egg can give the entire department a negative reputation.
• The manager is determined to weed out the bad eggs to improve company morale.
• She warned her daughter to stay away from him, saying he was a real bad egg.
• Every family has one bad egg, and unfortunately, in ours, it's my cousin.