bad egg | Idiomator

Meaning: (British,US,idiomatic)Someone whosebehaviourisreprehensibleorirresponsible; arogue.1906,Horatio Alger,Joe the Hotel Boy:"Dat's right!" piped up the newsboy who had brought the policeman. "I see him do de trick jest a minit ago!""This is a plot against me!" fumed the swindler."Dat feller is abad egg!" went on the newsboy. "His name is Bill Butts. He's a slick one, he is. Hits de country jays strong, he does!"1914October –1916July,Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter X, inThe Mucker, Chicago, Ill.:A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published31 October 1921,→OCLC:I've been a fairlybad egg, Byrne, for a great many years; but, by George! I'm not entirely rotten yet.1990,John Updike,Rabbit at Rest:My son had a drug problem and hired abad eggas a chief accountant[…]2017May 26, Dan Shive,El Goonish Shive(webcomic),Comic for Friday, May 26, 2017:"And thefifthimmortal we knowtried to kill you." "Heis abadegg. We stick togoodeggs."; (literal)Aneggthat hasgone bad; arottenegg.

Examples:

EN: I'm a pretty bad egg.
ES: Soy un desastre.
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'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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