bad news
Noun
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Noun
bad news (uncountable)
- News of unpleasant, unfortunate or sad events.
- 2008, Alex Perry, "[http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1829722,00.html Good News: Gorillas Thrive]," Time, 5 Aug.,
- One of the rules of journalism is that news from Africa is always bad news.
- 2008, Alex Perry, "[http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1829722,00.html Good News: Gorillas Thrive]," Time, 5 Aug.,
- (idiomatic) An irritating, troublesome or harmful person, situation or thing.
- 2008, Lynda Johnson, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090628091248/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=21&num=18197 Nude Photos: Britney Spears 5150 Leads to Paparazzi Picture Sale]," National Ledger, 12 Jan. (retrieved 10 Oct. 2008),
- Many are warning Spears that he is bad news and is trying to use her.
- 2008, Lynda Johnson, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090628091248/http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=21&num=18197 Nude Photos: Britney Spears 5150 Leads to Paparazzi Picture Sale]," National Ledger, 12 Jan. (retrieved 10 Oct. 2008),
- (irritating, troublesome,or harmful person, situation, or thing) troublemaker
- French: mauvaises nouvelles
- German: schlechte Nachrichten, Hiobsbotschaft, schlechte Neuigkeiten
- Italian: brutta notizia, cattiva notizia
- Portuguese: má notícia
- Russian: плохи́е но́вости
- Spanish: malas noticias
- French: casse-pied, emmerdeur, emmerdement, fouteur de merde
- German: Störenfried
- Spanish: embrollón, camorrista
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