bad news bears
Definitions
Said of someone or something that will bring disaster or bad fortune to one.
US, capitalized, idiomatic, sometimes
Examples
“When the actors admitted to not having seen the movie and even predicted it wouldn't be critically well-received, we knew it was going to be bad. And then we knew it was really bad news bears when its own⟳ director tweeted this.”
“I could tell⟳ by looking at him that he was bad news bears, so I avoided him for the rest⟳ of the school year.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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