bad boy—(also: Peck’s bad boy)
1. an unruly or mischievous child:
- He was not a bad boy, but he did have one problem: he refused to brush his teeth.
2. an adult person defying the accepted moral or artistic conventions:
- Michael was the bad boy who stole Tara’s heart and eloped with her.
bad man—
1. a morally depraved, wicked man:
- He resented the fact that his mother had to be living with such a bad man as Khun Chang.
2. (U.S. coll.) a gunman; a villain:
- He even appointed a typical “bad man”—that is, manslayer—to office as a proof of his fondness for Arizona.