rotten to the core

Fig. really bad; corrupt. That lousy punk is rotten to the core. The entire administration is rotten to the core.

rotten to the core

Thoroughly bad, as in It seems that this police unit is rotten to the core, involved in numerous extortion schemes . The noun core here denotes the central part or heart of anything or anyone. The idiom was first recorded in 1804.

rotten to the core

mod. really bad. (see also rotten apple.) That lousy punk is rotten to the core.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hippocrates	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Biljana	-	Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian
Myriam	-	French
Fedelmid	-	Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Ronald	['rɔləld]
Guillermo	gee-YER-mo	Spanish