a rotten apple

Meaning

1. one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group

In the movies · 5

• Percy, pick up those rotten apples.The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009
• If you're afraid of getting a rotten apple, don't go to the barrel.The Untouchables1987
• if we allowed a few rotten apples...The Godfather Part II1974
• You seem to be trying to fill mine with rotten apples.North by Northwest1959
• That's not the point. Four rotten apples in a barrel, however large the barrel...The Apartment1960

Learn it in full scenes

• The Apartment1960
  • Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
  • Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
  • Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre