Meaning:
The phrase a bad penny refers to a person or thing which is unpleasant, dishonorable, or unwanted that is likely to reappear, particularly at inconvenient times.
Examples:
- Oh, you can't lose a bad penny like me, you know.
- Oh, well, you're just like a bad penny, aren't you?
- Yeah, this thing is like a bad penny.
- Anyway, he'll turn up, like a bad penny.
- And one of these days, I'll be coming back like a bad penny.
- The one you don't want to see keeps turning up like a bad penny.
- The one you don't want to see keeps turning up like a bad penny.
- Is this a bad penny?
- You're like a bad penny.
- Well, look at you, just showing up like a bad penny.