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rotten apple

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meanings of rottenand apple


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rotten
adjective
uk /ˈrɒt.ən/ us /ˈrɑː.tən/
decayed:
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apple
noun[C or U]
uk /ˈæp.əl/ us /ˈæp.əl/
a round fruit with firm, white flesh and a green, red, or ...
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Examples of rotten apple


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This response is intriguing because the writer is likening a barrel of apples to a group of friends, and a rottenapple to an unpleasant person, evidencing analogical reasoning.
We do not want, as it were, one rottenapple corrupting the rest of the barrel.
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That project was dangled before the city, only to be shown to be a rottenapple as soon as we examined it.
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That system also pulls out the occasional rottenapple in the barrel and there are one or two of those even in the best organisations.
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To the trade unionists who work with him he may be the rottenapple in the barrel.
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Of course, there is the odd rottenapple.
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Are we to be blamed for our curiosity in wishing to know the identity of the constituent parts of this rottenapple?
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When we talk about responsible journalism, there are good and bad newspapers, but one rottenapple affects the whole barrel.
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This is not all to be accounted for by the "one rottenapple in the barrel" explanation, which is often quoted by police officers.
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If one uses the rottenapple in the barrel analogy, society is no different.
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They believe our world will fall like a rottenapple into their basket if they wait long enough.
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The other rottenapple is the postponement of the raising of the school-leaving age.
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Experience shows that a rottenapple in the barrel usually takes one good one, if not more, with it.
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In a care home, where people are appointed to oversee what is happening, there are checks and balances; other staff will spot a rottenapple.
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It is pretty useless in improving an appellate structure from something which is, so to speak, a rottenapple.
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Can we not understand that this is a rottenapple even before it joins?
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If something is a rottenapple to the core, one must take action whenever it is justified and when the evidence is clear.
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There is bound to be one rottenapple in one barrel out of 10.
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Using a perhaps unhappy analogy, one can usually recognise the rottenapple in the barrel of those with whom one is working.
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