习语可以是一个词或短语，要理解习语的意思不能脱离其文化背景。习语一词的含义甚广，其蕴含的意义往往不能从词或词组的字面意思推测而得。习语在所有语言中都很常见。英语习语是日常英语的重要组成部分。在英语的书面语和口语中，存在海量的习语。
儒琴今日习语（Idiom of the Day）
the wrong crowd
( a bad crowd )
英文解释
A group of people thought to have a negative influence on a person’s behaviour； a group of people, typically peers, who partake in and elicit immoral, criminal, and/or dangerous behavior and attitudes.
中文解释
一群损友；一群坏孩子；不法分子；一群被认为对一个人的行为有负面影响的人; 一群人，通常是同伴，参与并诱发不道德的、犯罪的和/或危险的行为和态度
原文举例
Mary had been a model student all her life, but when she got to senior year of high school, she started hanging out with the wrong crowd, and her grades suffered as a result.
玛丽一辈子都是一个模范学生。但是，当她上高中的时候，她开始和一些坏孩子交往，结果她的成绩受了影响。
Because there is no sort of network in place to keep young people active and engaged in this part of the city, it’s all too easy for them to fall in with the wrong crowd.
因为这部分城市没有网络来保持年轻人的活跃和参与，很容易落入街头坏孩子的圈子。
Her parents are concerned that she’s been hanging out with a bad crowd.
她父母担心她一直和一群坏人混在一起。
