manzana podrida

(n.) = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods, cuckoo in the nest

Ex. The article is entitled 'Recruitment: Advice on how to avoid recruiting 'bad apple''.

Ex. The party's leader in Brussels said that any 'rotten apples' could contaminate the European Union.

Ex. They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.

Ex. This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.

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(n.) = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods, cuckoo in the nest

Ex: The article is entitled 'Recruitment: Advice on how to avoid recruiting 'bad apple''.

Ex: The party's leader in Brussels said that any 'rotten apples' could contaminate the European Union.

Ex: They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.

Ex: This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.