bad egg

Example Sentences

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There are no bad eggs in that changing room.

From BBC

"I don't really want to lock it down like Fort Knox - why are we doing that? This is for our community... just because we've got one bad egg."

From BBC

Yeah, there are a lot of bad eggs, but there are also a lot of really good people.

From Salon

"It's like they're trying to not have us around here no more, like they're trying to wash out the bad eggs and make it all posh," she said.

From BBC

"He's done a good job but he's not the only bad egg in that parliament," he says.

From BBC