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The bad apples metaphor originated as a warning of the corrupting influence of one corrupt or sinful person on a group: that "one bad apple can spoil the barrel". Over time the concept has been used to describe the opposite situation, where "a few bad apples" should not be seen as representative of the rest of their group.
Addled – 1. spoilt, rotten 2. empty, cracked or broken; e.g. addled eggs; Ager – ugly (Zennor, in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language hager) [4] Agerever – pollack (Marazion, in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language hager euver, meaning 'ugly useless') [4] Aglets – hawthorn berries
Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality (subtitle in US editions: How Britain is Ruined by Its Children) is a non-fiction book by the British writer and retired doctor and psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple, originally published in 2010.
The term originally referred to fruit that was spoiled or rotten, as well as to plants and individuals that appeared to be in poor health. [1] Earl Shorris, an American writer and critic, defined pochos as Americans of Mexican descent "who [had] traded [their] language and culture for the illusory blandishments of life in the United States". He ...
A cracked tooth can be fixed; a rotten tooth has to be removed for the mouth to remove to a state of well-being. If the tooth is rotten, reflect on what is rotting in your life to return to well ...
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In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the vote count. This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has been called the residual vote. [1]
Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’