bad apple vs ill-natured

bad apple

noun
  • A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others. 

ill-natured

adj
  • Synonym of malevolent: wishing bad upon others. 

  • Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered. 

How often have the words bad apple and ill-natured occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )