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there's a rotten apple in every barrel

there's a rotten apple in every barrel proverb: there is a bad person in any group.

Proverb

there's a rotten apple in every barrel

  1. There is a bad person in any group.

Synonyms of there's a rotten apple in every barrel

Forms of there's a rotten apple in every barrel

alternative formevery barrel has a rotten apple

Questions about there's a rotten apple in every barrel

What does there's a rotten apple in every barrel mean?
There's a rotten apple in every barrel means there is a bad person in any group.
What part of speech is there's a rotten apple in every barrel?
There's a rotten apple in every barrel is a proverb.

Words near there's a rotten apple in every barrel in the dictionary

  1. there's a first time for everything
  2. there's a good time coming
  3. there's a grain of truth in every joke
  4. there's a lid for every pot
  5. there's a place and time for everything
  6. there's a rotten apple in every barrel
  7. there's a sucker born every minute
  8. there's a thought
  9. there's a time and a place for everything
  10. there's a time and place for everything
  11. there's always a bigger fish

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