The bad apples metaphor originated as a warning of the corrupting influence of one corrupt or sinful person on a group: that "one bad apple can spoil the barrel". Over time the concept has been used to describe the opposite situation, where "a few bad apples" should not be seen as representative of the rest of their group.

2011年5月5日 · The phrase "a few bad apples" is much more popular now than it was decades ago. Linguist Geoff Nunberg says the phrase may owe its popularity to a change in meaning — and The Osmond Brothers.

2015年7月28日 · A bad apple is a rotten apple. Farmers have long observed that once an apple begins to rot in a basket, other apples begin to rot as well, like, very soon. Hence the proverb: One bad apple spoils the whole barrel. Metaphorically, when we talk about people as bad apples, we mean to say that a few bad ones in an organization, any organization ...

2020年6月14日 · "A few bad apples" is a phrase Americans have heard more than a few times recently as protests against police brutality, spurred by the death of George Floyd, continue throughout the U.S.

We define bad apple as 'someone who creates problems or causes trouble for others; specifically, a member of a group whose behavior negatively affects the remainder of the group.' This term is often misunderstood to mean that a troublemaker's behavior is not representative of the whole group, but the proverb this term originally comes from is ...

2023年3月20日 · 今天我们就一起来学习几个和apple相关的表达~ 1. You are a bad apple! “bad apple”，当它形容人的时候，可不能理解成“坏苹果”。这个短语来自于谚语"a bad apple spoils the bunch." 意思是： 一粒老鼠屎，搅坏一锅粥 。 英文词典中是这样解释的：

2011年4月12日 · The British soldiers responsible for the death of an Iraqi detainee were not just “a few bad apples”, a public inquiry heard today. Hotel receptionist Baha Mousa, 26, died in UK military custody in Basra, southern Iraq, in September 2003 after …

2024年9月15日 · The term “bad apple” refers to a person who has a negative influence on others within a group. It suggests that just like one rotten apple can cause other apples around it to spoil, one difficult or dishonest person can have a harmful effect on the whole group.

BAD APPLE definition: 1. a person whose bad actions spoil the good work of other people: 2. a person whose bad actions…. Learn more.

2013年6月3日 · Superstars get a lot of attention from bosses. But bad apples deserve even more. A growing body of research suggests that having just a few nasty, lazy or incompetent characters around can ruin the performance of a team or an entire organization no matter how stellar the other employees.