the presence of something very bad in the best
something you thought was good, turns out to be bad
something rotten
something gets spoilt
looking good on the outside but bad/rotten on the inside
There’s nothing worse than getting a worm in your apple!
But for Prince Harry, the British tabloid press was always the worm in the apple.
The party was awesome but angry Bob spoiled it like a worm in the apple.
He is like the worm in the apple as he always spoils the game.
For the first time, the worm in the apple of democracy had shown its ugly face.
Brian then noted the potential worm in the apple.
The worm in the apple, however, was the remaining weakness of Turkey’s political structure.
There’s something sinister about Jack. I can’t put my finger on it but it’s like having a juicy, red apple and finding a worm in it.
That guy is rotten to the core just like an apple riddled with worms.
Mrs. McIver was my infant schoolteacher back in the day. She was a miserable excuse for a woman. A wrinkled-up apple with a worm in the middle.
There is no origin for this idiom
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