a bad apple

A person who negatively impacts an entire group of people through his or her words or actions. Taken from the proverb "a bad apple spoils the bunch." Jeremy is really a bad apple. After five minutes with my usually well-behaved kids, they're all acting out.

a bad/rotten apple

one bad person in a group of people who are good You'll find the occasional rotten apple in every organization.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hale	[heil]
Washington	WAHSH-ing-tən	English
Ananias	an-ə-NIE-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Tybalt	-	Literature
Sable	SAY-bəl	English (Modern)
Amal (2)	-	Biblical