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bad egg

Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.

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  • An allusion to an egg that has gone bad or turned rotten.
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"My son had a drug problem and hired a bad egg as a chief accountant [...]." - "Rabbit at Rest", by John Updike.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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