"a bad report card" "a bad little boy" "clothes in bad shape" "a bad cut" "bad luck" "the reviews were bad" "the pay is bad" "it was a bad light for reading" "the movie was a bad choice"

"a bad headache" "in a big rage" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm"

"my throat feels bad" "she felt bad all over" ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad' as in "he was feeling tough after a restless night")

: "take the bad with the good"

"I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it" "the cables had sagged badly" "they were badly in need of help" "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"

"bad meat" "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"

"the injury hurt badly" "the buildings were badly shaken" (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly' as in "it hurts bad" or "we need water bad")

"bad habits" "bad air" "smoking is bad for you"

"felt bad about letting the team down" "was sorry that she had treated him so badly" "felt bad about breaking the vase"

"has a bad back" "a bad heart" "bad teeth" "an unsound limb" "unsound teeth"

"like a bad penny..." "a forged twenty dollar bill"

"a bad investment" "high risk investments" "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky" "speculative business enterprises"

"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

"a bad chess player" "a bad recital"

"led a very bad life"

"a bad telephone connection" "a defective appliance"