bad pennyBritish EnglishBrEDIFFICULT someone or something that causes trouble and is difficult to avoid 讨厌又避不开的人[事物] Sure enough, Steve turned up like the proverbial bad penny (=suddenly appeared). 史蒂夫果然来了，就像俗话中说的讨债鬼一样。
bad penny• I took long breaks away from training and would then reappear like the proverbial bad penny, as if I had never been away.
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