black sheep vs rotten apple

black sheep

noun
  • A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, sheep. 

  • A worker who refuses to strike; a scab. 

  • A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason. 

rotten apple

noun
  • A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others: a bad apple. 

How often have the words black sheep and rotten apple occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )