rotten to the core in English

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "head": "rotten to the core"
      },
      "expansion": "rotten to the core (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Completely rotten."
      ],
      "id": "en-rotten_to_the_core-en-adj-SFZzIvrr",
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) Completely rotten."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978, Van Halen, \"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love\", Van Halen, reported in The Little Black Book of Metal Hits (2006), p. 6",
          "text": "Ain't talkin' 'bout love / My love is rotten to the core / Ain't talkin' 'bout love / Just like I told you before."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Corrupt; evil; immoral."
      ],
      "id": "en-rotten_to_the_core-en-adj-VYNHUpRq",
      "links": [
        [
          "Corrupt",
          "corrupt"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "immoral",
          "immoral"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "an organization; or a cultural phenomenon; an organization; or a cultural phenomenon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of a person, an organization, or a cultural phenomenon) Corrupt; evil; immoral."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable",
        "of a person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rotten to the core"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "head": "rotten to the core"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Completely rotten."
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) Completely rotten."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978, Van Halen, \"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love\", Van Halen, reported in The Little Black Book of Metal Hits (2006), p. 6",
          "text": "Ain't talkin' 'bout love / My love is rotten to the core / Ain't talkin' 'bout love / Just like I told you before."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Corrupt; evil; immoral."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Corrupt",
          "corrupt"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "immoral",
          "immoral"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "an organization; or a cultural phenomenon; an organization; or a cultural phenomenon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of a person, an organization, or a cultural phenomenon) Corrupt; evil; immoral."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable",
        "of a person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rotten to the core"
}

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"rotten to the core" meaning in English

Adjective