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101rotten to the core — mod. really bad. (See also rotten apple.) □ That lousy punk is rotten to the core. □ The entire administration is rotten to the core …
102rotten\ egg — noun informal A person whose character or way of acting is not good. His friends have all learned he is a rotten egg. Often used by children in fun, as of someone who is slow in doing something. The boys ran to the river to go swimming and Dick… …
103rotten\ to\ the\ core — adj. phr. 1. thoroughly decayed or spoiled. This apple is inedible; it is brown and soft and rotten to the core. 2. In total moral collapse. The Communist government of Cuba is rotten to the core …
104rotten apple — n. a single bad person or thing. D There always is a rotten apple to spoil it for the rest of us. □ Tom sure has turned out to be the rotten apple …
105rotten egg — n. a bad or despised person; a stinker. □ That guy is a real rotten egg. □ She sure has turned out to be a rotten egg …
106rotten luck — n. bad luck. □ Of all the rotten luck! □ I’ve had nothing but rotten luck all day …
107rotten-egg — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: from the phrase rotten egg : to throw rotten eggs at …
108Rotten borough — Borough Bor ough, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. ba[ u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G.… …
109Rotten-Kid-Theorem — Das Rotten Kid Theorem von Gary Becker besagt, dass wenn alle Angehörigen eines Haushalts Geldgeschenke vom Haushaltsvorstand erhalten, es auch im Interesse eines völlig egoistischen Haushaltsmitglieds liegt, zur Erhöhung des Gesamteinkommens des …
110Rotten Kid Theorem — Das Rotten Kid Theorem von Gary Becker besagt, dass wenn alle Angehörigen eines Haushalts Geldgeschenke vom Haushaltsvorstand erhalten, es auch im Interesse eines völlig egoistischen Haushaltsmitglieds liegt, zur Erhöhung des Gesamteinkommens des …