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
FahrİYe	-	Turkish
Gunhild	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
XuÂN	-	Vietnamese
Latonya	-	African American
Amenhotep	ah-mən-HO-tep (English)	Ancient Egyptian
Vida (1)	-	Hungarian