From 维基词典
break bad有两种意思:
事情或人的命运亏圆走下坡路, to go downhill.
特指人变坏掘御,(of a person)to go bad, to turn toward immorality or crime. 这来自于美国南方的俚语。
breaking bad这部美剧,作者Vince Gilligan说 break bad 的意思是 to raise hell , to raise hell的意思是饮酒狂欢。判空岩作者本身并不知道 break bad 在美国南方俚语中的意思。
下面这一段来自Time杂志:
http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/23/breaking-bad-what-does-that-phrase-actually-mean/
Show creator Vince Gilligan has said that he had
thought it was a commonly used phrase when he decided to use it as a
title, not knowing that the expression was a Southern regionalism from
the area in Virginia from which he hails. It means “to raise hell,” he
says, as in “I was out the other night at the bar…and I really broke
bad.”