- one scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock
- syn: the rotten apple injures its neighboursone drop of poison infects the whole tun of wineone cloud is enough to eclipse the sunодна паршива вівця всю отару поганить ≅ ложка дьогтю зіпсує бочку меду the rotten apple injures its neighbors
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs . 2013.