单词 | bad news |
释义 | bad newsSEE SYNONYMS FOR bad news ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.an annoying, disturbing, unwelcome thing or person; nuisance; troublemaker. Words nearby bad newsbadman, badmash, badminton, bad-mouth, bad name, bad news, Bad news travels fast, bad off, Badoglio, bad paper, Badr Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bad newsbad news nounslang someone or something regarded as undesirablehe's bad news around here Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bad newsbad news An unwelcome thing or person, trouble. For example, That fire was bad news; we were underinsured for the damage, or No one wants Mary on the board—she's bad news. This term transfers literal bad news—the report of an unhappy recent event—to an unwanted or undesirable individual or circumstance. [Slang; 1920s] The amount charged for something, as in Waiter, bring our check—I want to see the bad news. [Slang; 1920s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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