usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe "one bad apple" claims always ignore the many many many bad apples that existi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkThe "one bad apple" claims always ignore the many many many bad apples that existi.imgur.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareFlummoxed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe phrase is “One bad apple spoils the barrel.” Literally means all are bad if one is bad. Edit: verb simplification.
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMarium 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
The phrase is “One bad apple spoils the barrel.”
Literally means all are bad if one is bad.
Edit: verb simplification.
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