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A list of phrases related to the word "bad"...
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A bad break
A bad quarter of an hour
A mind is a
terrible
thing to waste ( United Negro College Fund advertising slogan )
Ain't half bad
All your
base
are belong to us ( broken English phrase used in the video game Zero Wing )
Bad Intentions ( Nickname of boxer Jermain Taylor )
Bad Moon ( Nickname of American football player Andre Rison )
Bad Romance ( Lady Gaga song )
Bad apple
Bad blood
Bad egg
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Bad for your health
Bad form
Bad hair day
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Bad hat
Bad loser
Bad lot
Bad money drives out good
Bad mouthing
Bad news
Bad news travels fast
Bad paper
Bad penny
Bad taste in the mouth
Bad time
Bad turn
Badly off
Base
jumping
Base
station
Bearer of bad news
Big Bad John ( Nickname of boxer John McDermott )
Big
Nasty
( Nickname of basketball player Corliss Williamson )
Born Under A Bad Sign ( Cream song )
Born under a bad sign
By fair means or
foul
Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly
Naughty
Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space ( Dav Pilkey book )
Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The
Wicked
Wedgie Woman ( Dav Pilkey book )
Caught off
base
( A baseball expression meaning unawares or by surprise )
Cheap and
nasty
Cry
foul
Do you want the good news or the bad news?
Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got a bad case of loving you ( Robert Palmer song lyric )
Don't mention the war ( A catchphrase from
Faulty
Towers )
El
Terrible
( Nickname of boxer Erik Morales )
Enfant
terrible
Evil
Under The Sun ( Agatha Christie book )
Evil
genius
Evil
intent
Evil
twin
Fall
foul
of the law
Fall into bad habits
Faulty
Towers ( BBC comedy television series )
Field Marshall ( the highest
rank
in the British Army )
First among equals ( the most senior person in a group of equal
rank
)
Foul
language
Foul
up
From bad to worse
Get off to a bad start
Get to first
base
Get to first
base
with
Get to second
base
Give a dog a bad name
Give a dog a bad name and hang him
God
awful
Gone to the bad
Good cop, bad cop
Got it bad
Gross
domestic product
Gross
out
Hard cases make bad law
Have you ever had a bad time in Levi's? ( Levi's Jeans advertising slogan )
He's from Barcelona ( A catchphrase from
Faulty
Towers )
He's not the Messiah, he's a very
naughty
boy ( line from the movie Life of Brian )
Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no
evil
Hey Jude, Don't Make It Bad ( The Beatles song lyric )
His
Heinous
( Nickname of basketball player Bill Laimbeer )
In a bad way
In bad faith
In bad odour
In bad taste
In someone's bad books
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Keep bad company
Last one there is a
rotten
egg
Leaves a bad taste in the mouth
Mad, bad and dangerous to know
Major league ( A baseball expression meaning at the top
rank
)
Make first
base
Make the best of a bad job
Men Behaving Badly ( BBC comedy television series )
Men's
evil
manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
Money is the root of all
evil
My bad
Name, rank, and serial number
Nasty
piece of work
Nasty
taste in the mouth
Nasty, brutish and short
Naughty
but nice ( National Dairy Council advertising slogan )
No harm, no
foul
No one can make you feel
inferior
without your consent ( Eleanor Roosevelt quotation )
No peace for the
wicked
No rest for the
wicked
Not bad
Not good
Off
base
On bad terms with
Ooh, you are awful, but I like you ( A catchphrase from Dick Emery )
Potty mouth ( a
foul
mouthed person )
Pull
rank
Rank
and file
Rear admiral ( naval
rank
)
Rotten
to the core
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
See no evil, hear no
evil
speak no
evil
Seven years' bad luck
Something is
rotten
in the state of Denmark
Something
nasty
in the woodshed
Something
wicked
this way comes
Spoiled
for choice
Spoiled
rotten
Steal third
base
Suck it up ( accept a bad situation and move on )
Super Bad ( James Brown song )
Take the good with the bad
The Best Bad Girl on TV ( Nickname of Cloris Leachman )
The Big Bad ( Nickname of William the Bloody ( James Marsters ) )
The
Evil
Empire
The
Foul
Pole ( Nickname of Andrew Golota )
The Good The Bad And The Ugly ( Clint Eastwood movie )
The Master of the
Atrocious
Pun ( Nickname of Clifton Fadiman )
The
Naughty
Corner
The Thief of Bad Gags ( Nickname of comedian Milton Berle )
The Whore of Babylon ( a Christian figure of
evil
and corruption )
The axis of
evil
The love of money is the root of all
evil
The shit end of the stick
The slings and arrows of
outrageous
fortune
There's no such thing as bad publicity
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To err is human, but to really
foul
things up requires a computer
Toilet mouth ( a
foul
mouthed person )
Touch Of
Evil
( Charlton Heston / Orson Welles movie )
Touch
base
Twenty Miles Of Bad Road ( The Janeys song )
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad ( Meatloaf song )
Video
nasty
( a violent or horrific video )
Wicked
stepmother
You Give Love A Bad Name ( Bon Jovi song )