в семье не без урода

• В СЕМЬЕ НЕ БЕЗ УРОДА{{}}

[saying]

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⇒ in every family or group there is a member who stands out from the rest in a negative way (or, when used ironically or humorously, in a positive way):

- ≈ there's a black sheep in every flock (family);

- there's one in every crowd (family etc);

- there's a (one) rotten (bad) apple (in every barrel);

- there's always one bad apple;

- there's always one.

     ♦ "Даже и коммунисты - и те перегрызлись между собой". - "Не клевещите, Марченко! Коммунисты - в едином строю!" - "А китайцы? Албанцы? А раскол во многих компартиях?" - "Что китайцы! В семье не без урода" (Марченко 1). "Even the communists have fallen out among themselves." "Don't speak such slander, Marchenko! Communists form a united front." "What about the Chinese? And the Albanians? And the splits in all sorts of communist parties?" "What about the Chinese! There's a black sheep in every family" (1a).

     ♦ Говорят, что многие известные люди откликнулись на предложение газеты дать в печати достойную отповедь этому отщепенцу... Но в семье, как говорится, не без урода. Говорят, что один известный деятель... позволил себе усомниться (Войнович 4). They say that many well-known people responded to the newspaper's offer to give this turncoat the rebukes he deserved in print. ...But, as the saying goes, there's always one bad apple. There was talk that a certain well-known figure...permitted himself to doubt (4a).