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]
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