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bad egg
Language:
en
1.
US
UK
Australia
general English
informal
colloquial
A person who behaves badly, is morally unreliable, or is considered objectionable; a rogue or scoundrel.
2.
US
UK
Australia
general English
informal
colloquial
A mildly disparaging, often jocular description of someone who is irreverent or roguish but may nonetheless be likable or have redeeming qualities.
3.
general English
neutral
A literal spoiled or rotten egg.
Examples:
EN:
This Cisco Kid, he's very bad egg, I guess?
ES:
Este Cisco Kid es una mala persona, supongo.
EN:
A bad egg. That's me all right.
ES:
Un huevo podrido.
EN:
He's not such a bad egg when you know him.
ES:
No es tan malo como parece.
EN:
You know, I ain't such a bad egg as you think.
ES:
Sabes, no eres tan mal tipo como piensas.
EN:
I told you he was a bad egg.
ES:
Te dije que era un sinvergüenza.
EN:
I'm a pretty bad egg.
ES:
Soy un desastre.
EN:
I'll tell you why, because he's a bad egg, that's why.
ES:
Te lo diré yo... porque es un maleante, por eso.
EN:
like a bad egg.
ES:
como un huevo podrido.
EN:
You almost helped a bad egg to escape.
ES:
¿Yo?
EN:
Now, he's produced three straight dramatic smashes in a row... While you've been laying one bad egg after another. Now that's fact.
ES:
Ha producido 3 dramas de éxito seguidos... mientras tú ponías un mal huevo detrás de otro.
EN:
-He's a bad egg.
ES:
Es mala persona.
EN:
You know, you're funny, in some ways, you're not such a bad egg.
ES:
Oye, eres muy rara. A veces, no eres tan mala.
EN:
It's an old saying that you don't have to be a hen to know a bad egg.
ES:
Dice el refrán que al mejor escribano se le va un borrón.
EN:
- He is what is known as a thoroughly bad egg but a faithful worker, I like him.
ES:
- Es lo que se conoce como un huevo completamente malo pero un trabajador fiel, me gusta.
EN:
Perhaps locate bad egg in picnic basket.
ES:
Quizá localicemos al huevo podrido en la canasta del almuerzo.
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