At best he was going to be a distraction - at worst he would be one more thing to stumble over in the barn.
At best they were seen as well-meaning do-gooders and at worst inept meddlers.
Should be safe from any thoughts of the drop, however - it's mid-table mediocrity at worst!
You run a risk of wasting your money at best and damaging your feet at worst if you purchase shoes that have formed to someone else's feet.
The old Jacobites were dying out; James never had a minister who was not baited by three-fourths of the party, and denounced as a favourite at best, at worst a traitor; and the Cause would have sunk into ashes but for the promise of his eldest son, Prince Charles.