| 单词 | to throw someone on the slagheap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw someone (also something) on the slagheap to throw someone (also something) on the slagheap and variants: to cast a person or thing aside as worthless; to discard or dismiss unceremoniously. Cf. to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap at scrap-heap n. ΚΠ 1893 R. H. Tutt Position Co-operators with regard Social & Industr. Probl. 8 As our co-operative employés get old and infirm,..what is to become of them? Are they to be thrown on the slag heap, like a piece of worthless metal? 1938 W. Kozlenko & S. Emerson Golden One Act Play Mag. & Radio-drama Rev. Mar. 1022 Still, he is not thrown on the slag heap. He is given a job operating Morse for the railroad. 2003 New Yorker (Nexis) 6 Jan. 29 The Bush Administration..is able to justify gratuitous tax breaks, snuggle up to friendly corporations, and fling environmentalism on the slag heap. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Jan. 12 British soldiers are thrown on the slagheap when they return from combat. < as lemmas |
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