English Dictionary

worm in the apple

名詞

A serious flaw in something otherwise good; a problem that ruins everything else.

日本語の意味

本来は良いものの中に潜む、全体を台無しにする重大な欠点や欠陥 / すべてを台無しにしてしまう、問題となる悪い要素

The new policy looked promising, but the worm in the apple was the lack of oversight that eventually caused chaos.

その新しい方針は有望に見えたが、最終的に混乱を招いた監督不足という重大な欠陥があった。

意味（1）

A serious flaw in something otherwise good; a problem that ruins everything else.

The worms in the apple, of course, are Baby Boom liberals who latched on to the one institution they could control—the university.

worms in the apple （ plural ）