nasty piece of work BrE
piece of work AmE

He was a nasty piece of work, and no one could stand him!

"Yes, but he seems to be a pretty nasty piece of work all around."

Which made the killer an especially nasty piece of work.

I've never seen a nastier piece of work in my life.

A nasty piece of work, but from what Levi had told him, not the one he was looking for.

My guide was a nasty piece of work, as humans go.

A nasty piece of work and enough to put anybody off their stroke.

A very nasty piece of work caught me up when I was coming back from the tent.

"He's a nasty piece of work and always has been.

The nasty piece of work had plainly been listening outside.

They would say he's a nasty piece of work.

It would give me great pleasure to defend them against that very nasty piece of work.

By any estimate, he would have been termed a nasty piece of work.

One nasty piece of work, that man, and the more I think about him, the nastier he seems.

Got out after ten years on good behavior, and apparently she is a very nasty piece of work."

This woman sounds like a nasty piece of work.

"He's a nasty piece of work," said Larry, and every one agreed.

News corporation really are a nasty piece of work.

He's a nasty piece of work, by all accounts.

"What a nasty piece of work," the friend said.

Nasty piece of work - take your young man and head to the colonies young woman!

Perhaps just a little procuring for friends, but he's a nasty piece of work."

It is a very nasty piece of work.

Nicholas the Slide was a formidable creation and one nasty piece of work.

He was Deborah's boyfriend for part of the summer, and he's a nasty piece of work.