rotten to the core
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That was a recognition of the fact that Mexico’s old-guard, pro-government union system was rotten to the core and had artificially held down wages for decades.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Baroness Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence, says the Met Police force is still "rotten to the core", 30 years after her son was murdered.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023
Cancer plaintiffs have called the corporate restructuring and bankruptcy "rotten to the core."
From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022
If he's rotten to the core, he'll cotton to the roar.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
His heart was rotten to the core, and this he kept carefully concealed.
From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)
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