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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

The "one bad apple" claims always ignore the many many many bad apples that exist

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The "one bad apple" claims always ignore the many many many bad apples that exist

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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    The phrase is “One bad apple spoils the barrel.”

    Literally means all are bad if one is bad.

    Edit: verb simplification.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      Marium webster has a good article about the history of the misappropriation of the phrase

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase

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