What does bad egg mean?
Idiom Meaning:
a bad or dishonest person
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Flight of the Conchords “Bret Gives Up the Dream” (2007)
Time of Scene:
Bret: It’s a chicken egg situation.
Murray: What does he mean, chicken?
Jemaine: Well, you know… what came first the chicken or the egg?
Murray: Well, that’s irrelevant, isn’t it? Stupid. The chicken obviously.
Bret: Well, then where’d the chicken come from?
Murray: Well it came from the… oh.
Bret: Yeah, see. The egg.
Murray: You’re the egg. You’re a bad egg. You’ve derailed this meeting with another obscure comment.
Housebound (2008)
Time of Scene:
Dennis: But anyone who says there’s no such thing as a bad egg obviously hasn’t worked in social services.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Time of Scene:
Willy Wonka: She was a bad egg.
Mr. Salt: Where’s she gone?
Willy Wonka: Where all the other bad eggs go: down the garbage chute.
Mr. Salt: Oh, the garbage chute. Where does it lead to?
Willy Wonka: To the furnace.
Mr. Salt: The furnace! She’ll be sizzled like a sausage.
Willy Wonka: Well, not necessarily. She could be stuck just inside the tube.
Mr. Salt: Inside the… Hold on! Veruca! Sweetheart! Daddy’s coming!
Willy Wonka: There’s gonna be a lot of garbage today.
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