my mom and dad were also very particular about the friends i went out with, always quoting the maxim the 「one rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples.」
我爸爸妈妈对和我一起出去的朋友也很挑剔,并常引用格言说:「一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥。」
the one where you tell the guards where other men hide a rotten apple and the soldiers shoot those men.
那个你向守卫告密说哪个人藏了一个烂苹果(坏家伙),,士兵就把这些人射死的地方。
example: : jimmy is the rotten apple that spoils the barrel in my class, i wish i didn't have to be his teacher all year.
例句:吉米是班里的老鼠屎,我希望今年不用作他的老师。 。
it is very true that a rotten apple spoils the barrel.
是真的,一个烂苹果,影响整篓的苹果。
there is always a rotten apple to spoil it for the best of us.
总有那么一个坏小子在损坏我们大家的利益。
one rotten apple spoils the barrel.
一个烂苹果毁坏一筐苹果。
scott:it just goes to show that one rotten apple spoils the barrel. now we all have to carry a pass and sign in every evening.
史考特:这证明了一粒老鼠屎,坏了一锅粥。现在我们每晚都必须带通行证还要签到。
one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel.
一只是烂苹果烂一萝苹果。
the expression is 「one rotten apple spoils the barrel. 」 when an apple begins to go bad, it ruins all the other apples around it in the container.
那个短于是「一个腐烂的苹果,坏了一桶」当一个苹果坏了的时候,会毁掉桶里它附近的其他苹果。
we cannot use a rotten apple to generalize about the whole group.