Thoroughly bad, as in It seems that this police unit is rotten to the core, involved in numerous extortion schemes. The noun core here denotes the central part or heart of anything or anyone. The idiom was first recorded in 1804.
rotten to the core
Did you mean: rotten to the core (Idiom), X-Fusion, Rotten to the Core (1971 Album by Crabby Appleton), Rotten to the Core (1965 Crime Film)
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Did you mean: rotten to the core (Idiom), X-Fusion, Rotten to the Core (1971 Album by Crabby Appleton), Rotten to the Core (1965 Crime Film)
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 | Stocks and Blondes (1985 Comedy Film) |
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| Dudley Sutton (Actor, Drama/Comedy) |
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