A bad egg
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4Someone who is dishonest and unreliable
एक गंदी मछली सारे तालाब को गंदा करती है
Everyone trusted the new partner, but he turned out to be a bad egg and vanished with the money.
Radhika's team works so well because there is not a single bad egg in it.
Daily use: Us group mein ek bad egg tha jo sabka paisa lekar bhaag gaya.
Market में सारे अंडे ऊपर से सफ़ेद दिखते हैं, पर एक खोलो और अंदर से काला-सड़ा निकले तो पूरी crate बदनाम। Bad egg ऐसा ही आदमी है — ऊपर से अच्छा, अंदर से बेईमान और भरोसे के लायक नहीं।
From the outside, every egg in the tray looks clean and white. Crack one open and it is black and rotten inside, and it gives the whole tray a bad name. A bad egg is a person who looks fine but is dishonest and unreliable within.
Exam में अर्थ dishonest, unreliable person आता है। इसका उल्टा a good egg याद रखिए — भला, भरोसेमंद इंसान।
The tested meaning is a dishonest, unreliable person. Remember its opposite, 'a good egg', which means a kind and trustworthy person.