Idiom
bad news bears
Meaning
Said of someone or something that will bring disaster or bad fortune to one.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stay away from him, he is bad news bears.”
“I would avoid that new business partner because he is bad news bears for our company.”
“The seasoned detective warned his rookie partner that the informant was bad news bears and likely to lead them into a dangerous trap.”
Examples
simple
“Stay away from him, he is bad news bears.”
contextual
“I would avoid that new business partner because he is bad news bears for our company.”
complex
“The seasoned detective warned his rookie partner that the informant was bad news bears and likely to lead them into a dangerous trap.”
Origin
The idiom is a presumed reference to the 1976 sports comedy film The Bad News Bears. While the film concerned the fortunes of a substandard youth baseball team, the title provided the template for the modern phrase.
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