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rotten to the core
rotten to the coreThoroughly and totally bad, evil, or corrupt. The defense attorney refused to take the case when he realized the criminal was rotten to the core, unrepentantly boasting about his heinous crimes. That company is just rotten to the core—I wouldn't be surprised if all the employees were embezzling money!See also: core, rottenrotten to the coreFig. really bad; corrupt. That lousy punk is rotten to the core. The entire administration is rotten to the core.See also: core, rottenrotten to the coreThoroughly bad, as in It seems that this police unit is rotten to the core, involved in numerous extortion schemes . The noun core here denotes the central part or heart of anything or anyone. The idiom was first recorded in 1804. See also: core, rottenrotten to the core mod. really bad. (see also rotten apple.) That lousy punk is rotten to the core. See also: core, rottenAcronymsSeeRTTC |