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I see the usage of 'bad behavior to begin with' in many places but I can't grasp the real meaning of it. I see following in internet.
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Can someone let me know about it? Thanks.
In writing we sometimes have to be redundant. In case you are misunderstood, I suggest you use "totally opaque" or "one-hundred percent opaque".
The first two mean toilet or bathroom.
The noun can also means
a metal or plastic container for holding film on cores or reels.
When filming is finished, the film will be put into the can. Therefore, in the can means completed.
[Dictionary.Reference.Com]
Completed, as in about a hundred pages of her next book are in the can. This usage originated in filmmaking to describe a completed motion picture, when film was literally put into a can or canister. [Slang; c. 1930]
[The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms]
Your example:
Finally, our planning is completed and we can begin construction tomorrow.
Best Answer
"Bad behavior to begin with" is not a special term. In the context of your sentences there is no special connection between 'bad behavior' and 'begin with' -- the two phrases just happened to be used together.
'Bad behavior' has no importance here. The usage is related to 'begin with.' As a member has rightly explained, 'to begin with' is a common form of speech meaning 'first of all' or 'in the first place.'
Examples:
1.You are talking to the wrong official, to begin with. And it's a hopeless case anyway. (Meaning: first of all, you are talking to the wrong official. Secondly, it is a hopeless case.)
2.You have brought a complaint against your neighbors; but let's examine your own disciplinary record to begin with. (Let us first consider the complaints against you, is the implied meaning.)
3.The appeal was wrongly framed to begin with; so they didn't even go into the merits of the case. (The appeal was rejected because it was wrongly framed in the first place.)