Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it

  • Donebrach@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “They’re just one bad apple” in reference to (more often than not) shitty cops, but also for most malcontents in a position of public trust. This a misappropriation of the aphorism “one bad apple spoils the bunch” which is literally saying that if there’s one bad actor in a group, the entire group is comprised.