bad

A hole is but a hole, though laden with gold.

said to mean that

Dead men don't bite.

expression meaning that

He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.

or else

Idleness is the mother of all evil.

states that

It is enough to make a cat laugh.

said for

Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something.

used to say that

One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.

used to say that

The devil is not so black as he is painted.

said for

To get out of bed on the wrong side.

said when

A rotten apple spoils the barrel.

suggests that

Bad apple

said for

Bad to the bone

said for

Where God builds a church, the Devil build a chapel

suggests that

The greater the sinner, the greater the saint

suggests that

Ill weeds grow apace

said to mean that

The mother of mischief is no bigger than a midge's wing

meaning that

He who plants thorns should not expect to gather roses

Nothing so bad but might have been worse

suggests that