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submitted 2 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The phrase is "One bad apple spoils the barrel."

Literally means all are bad if one is bad.

Edit: verb simplification.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Marium webster has a good article about the history of the misappropriation of the phrase