someone who fails to meet expectations
a disappointing or unpleasant person
a corrupt or unreliable person
a rogue
Stay away from Gordon. He’s a thoroughly bad egg and the biggest bully in the school.
The new boy is always getting into trouble and doesn’t seem to care. I think he’s a bad egg.
Steer clear of Roger in the sales department. He’s always trying to swindle people out of money. He’s a bad egg.
Some tenants are very nice, but there have been some ‘bad eggs.’
Ryan Christie is the bad egg in the team.
One bad egg can impact the overall well-being of a company.
There is no origin for this idiom
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