MDDM Ch. 19 Good (and Bad) Eggs

[Otto]

Robert wrote:
>
> 198.5 "Good Eggs far outnumber Bad Hats"
> From a Dictionary of Idioms:
> egg: to be a good/bad egg
> to be an untrustworthy/dependable person
>

Isn't this still a common English phrase anymore as the dic seems to
indicate? In German it is, as far as the negative side is concerned ('a bad
egg') with exactly this meaning ('untrustworthy person'), but I've never
heard it being said into the positive direction.

Otto