scum of the earth
Noun
Meaning
scum of the earth (uncountable)
(informal, derogatory) An undesirable individual; the worst type of person or people.
People who refuse to tip are the scum of the earth.
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Examples
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
Only a complete moral idiot can believe for an instant that we are fighting against the wretched of the earth. We are fighting, as I said before, against the scum of the earth.
You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
Organizations like the ACLU fought and won the good fight back in the 1960's, but it's clear that nowadays they've run out of useful things to do since they now spend most of their time defending the scum of the Earth from getting what they rightly deserve.