worm in the apple
Examples
“The worms in the apple, of course, are Baby Boom liberals who latched on to the one institution they could control⟳—the university.”
“In this witty satire Cheever, acting as both narrator and observer, seeks to find⟳ the Crutchman's fatal flaw, the “worm in the apple” that will bring⟳ them down to the level of everyone else.”
“The villain of this piece—the worm in the apple of Revolutionary antislavery—was white racism.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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