Komountain Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
looking for a proverb
I knew this proverb. But it has slipped my mind over time.
It means that a bad one in a group eventually spoils the whole group.
All I remember are its fragments: bad, bunch, apple or bananna.
Nowhere in my data could I find the whole sentence. Please help.
It means that a bad one in a group eventually spoils the whole group.
All I remember are its fragments: bad, bunch, apple or bananna.
Nowhere in my data could I find the whole sentence. Please help.
Top answer
One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.
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A near-opposite saying may also be lurking in your fragments: "the best of a bad bunch".
MrP
MrP
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Also, with more pessimism, or cynicism--
"There's one bad apple in every bunch."
"There's one bad apple in every bunch."
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Thank you, davkett.
I am squeezing one more into the already limited storage in my noggin. Limited, not because it's full of other valuables, but because it's packed with the debris of dead cells.
I am squeezing one more into the already limited storage in my noggin. Limited, not because it's full of other valuables, but because it's packed with the debris of dead cells.
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