turn up like a bad penny

Idioms  

1. see turn up, def. 3.

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Example Sentences

Pierce remembered Hilda's prophecy that her indigent husband would turn up, like a bad penny.

From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

You won’t be cross if I turn up like a bad penny?

From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

You always turn up like a bad penny....

From The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by De Maris, Walter

However, I'm not bothered about him, for he comes and goes just as he pleases, and when he gets good and ready he'll turn up, like a bad penny.

From The Fifth String by Sousa, John Philip

"He'll turn up like a bad penny some day," he thought now, smiling a little.

From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)