rotten apple

  • 21a rotten apple — ► a rotten (or bad) apple informal a corrupt person in a group, likely to have a detrimental influence on the others. Main Entry: ↑apple …

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  • 22apple — noun (C, U) 1 a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside: apple pie 2 be the apple of sb s eye to be loved very much by someone: Ben was always the apple of his father s eye. 3 bob/dunk/dip for apples to play …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23apple — n. 1) cooking; eating apples 2) a baked; green; sour apple 3) (misc.) a rotten apple ( an undesirable person ) * * * [ æp(ə)l] eating apples green sour apple a baked cooking (misc.) a rotten apple ( an undesirable …

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  • 24rotten — rot|ten1 [ˈrɔtn US ˈra:tn] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: rotinn] 1.) badly decayed and no longer good to use ▪ the smell of rotten eggs ▪ Some of the wood was completely rotten. ▪ The apples went rotten very quickly. 2.) informal… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25rotten — 1 adjective 1 badly decayed: rotten fruit | the smell of rotten eggs | The wood was completely rotten. 2 informal very nasty or unpleasant: What rotten weather! | It s a rotten thing to do. 3 informal a word meaning very bad at doing something,… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26apple — see an apple a day keeps the doctor away the apple never falls far from the tree the rotten apple injures its neighbour small choice in rotten apples stolen fruit is sweet …

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  • 27Rotten — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cinéma Rotten Tomatoes, site web d informations et de critiques cinématographiques et de jeux vidéo. Patronyme Rotten est un nom de famille notamment… …

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  • 28apple — ap|ple W3S2 [ˈæpəl] n [: Old English; Origin: Appel] 1.) [U and C] a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside ▪ apple pie ▪ an apple tree ▪ roast pork and apple sauce (=a thick sauce made from cooked apples)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29apple */*/ — UK [ˈæp(ə)l] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms apple : singular apple plural apples a hard round fruit that is white inside and has a smooth green, yellow, or red skin, which is called peel when it has been removed. The middle part of… …

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  • 30apple — ap|ple [ æpl ] noun count or uncount ** a hard round fruit that is white inside and has a smooth red, yellow, or green skin, which is called a peel when it has been removed. The middle part of the apple containing the seeds is called the core.… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English