Re:New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vaca...
by mkr-hn on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:22PM
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"One bad apple doesn't spoil the bunch" in response to police violence.
This happens to phrases a lot. Also consider: "pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" when the original purpose of that phrase was to mock the absurdity of the notion.
Re:New Records Show the NYPD’s Favored Punishment: Less Vaca...
by stavros on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:25PM
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Hm, right. It must be a corruption, because AFAIK the original proverb is "one bad apple spoils the bunch" (because of the chemical thing you mentioned).
This happens to phrases a lot. Also consider: "pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" when the original purpose of that phrase was to mock the absurdity of the notion.
edit: Merriam-Webster did a blog post on it https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-...