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
Eponine	EP-ə-neen (English)	Literature
Xochilt	-	Spanish
Goro	go-ṙo:	Japanese
Ayane	ah-yah-ne	Japanese
Luce	LOO-che (Italian), LOOS (French)	Italian, French
Moran	-	Hebrew