# bad news bears

> English word · Proverb

## Definitions
1. Said of someone or something that will bring disaster or bad fortune to one.

## Etymology
Presumably a reference to the 1976 sports comedy film The Bad News Bears.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bad-news-bears