a bad egg's Usage Examples:

bishop's breakfast-table, was so 'umble as to decline the replacement of a bad egg by a good one with a 'No thank you, my Lord, it's good enough for me'.

diner when uncertain about what to order, because cooks cannot "disguise a bad egg nor spoil a slice of good ham.

"True Humility": Bishop: "I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr Jones"; Curate: "Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent!" George du.

fantasy: Rachel, the wife, is blameless; Mark, the husband, is simply a bad egg—an adulterer.

humble curate, whom he has invited to breakfast: "I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr.

"From a bad crow, a bad egg" I.

Kim's stepdaughter by Dan, Betsy was now seeing Steve who was a bad egg and was now involved in smuggling drugs.

throws both of them out of court, remarking "κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν" ("a bad egg from a bad crow").

‘a defendant with a rotten record: a history-sheeter, a bad egg’ Bhupendra Pandey (20 March 2009).

Christian organizations, the irony that the Fellowship is being targeted as a bad egg is jaw-dropping.

We always knew he was a bad egg, but who'd have thought he was nasty enough to hurt his girlfriend?" Pranita.

Mulkerrin commented that Bart is "a bit of a bad egg" and it was not a positive thing for the family to have him around.

""We are like a little family and there isn't a bad egg in the squad," - Sam Kelly on the dressing room at King's Lynn Town".

"MM Lee says Gomez is a liar, a bad egg in Workers' Party".

Cooper told Daniel Kilkelly (Digital Spy) that Trevor is "aggressive and a bad egg" and "dangerous", adding that he has the potential to kill Jacqui.

Synonyms:

tough; unfavourable; distressing; horrid; corky; evil; unsuitable; painful; incompetent; negative; unskilled; uncool; deplorable; poor; naughty; awful; sad; icky; corked; worse; abominable; crappy; frightful; stinky; rotten; dreadful; terrible; quality; unfavorable; pitiful; hopeless; rubber; severe; swingeing; pretty; stinking; atrocious; hard; lamentable; ill; sorry; worst; fearful; mediocre; unspeakable; lousy; no-good; disobedient; shitty;

Antonyms:

best; better; good; favorable; obedient;