Phrase thesaurus
Bad Phrases
212 phrases and expressions related to "bad".
Phrases
- 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
- Bad for your health
- Bad form
- Bad hair day
- 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
- 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
- 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)
Related
- A bad break
- A bad quarter of an hour
- Ain't half bad
- 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
- Bad for your health
- Bad form
- Bad hair day
- 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
- Bearer of bad news
- Big Bad John (Nickname of boxer John McDermott)
- Born Under A Bad Sign (Cream song)
- Born under a bad sign
- 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)
- Fall into bad habits
- From bad to worse
- Get off to a bad start
- Give a dog a bad name
- Give a dog a bad name and hang him
- Gone to the bad
- Good cop, bad cop
- Got it bad
- Hard cases make bad law
- Have you ever had a bad time in Levi's? (Levi's Jeans advertising slogan)
- Hey Jude, Don't Make It Bad (The Beatles song lyric)
- In a bad way
- In bad faith
- In bad odour
- In bad taste
- In someone's bad books
- Keep bad company
- Leaves a bad taste in the mouth
- Mad, bad and dangerous to know
- Make the best of a bad job
- My bad
- Not bad
- On bad terms with
- 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
- Seven years' bad luck
- 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 Good The Bad And The Ugly (Clint Eastwood movie)
- The Thief of Bad Gags (Nickname of comedian Milton Berle)
- There's no such thing as bad publicity
- Twenty Miles Of Bad Road (The Janeys song)
- Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad (Meatloaf song)
- You Give Love A Bad Name (Bon Jovi song)