English / proverb
A Bad Tree Does Not Yield Good Apples
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A bad, corrupt source or person cannot produce wholesome, honest, or good results.
In context
01
Do not expect integrity from an organization built upon exploitation; a bad tree does not yield good apples.
02
His unethical business decisions were hardly shocking because a bad tree does not yield good apples.
Synonyms
Corrupt source yields corrupt fruit,like begets like,garbage in garbage out
Antonyms
Good trees bear good fruit,noble roots yield noble deeds
Collocations
Yield good apples,prove that a bad tree,expect good apples from a bad tree