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单词
on the scrapheap
释义
on the scrapheap
in British English
(of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
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scrapheap
Examples of 'on the scrapheap' in a sentence
on the scrapheap
This would stop employers throwing reluctant retirees on the scrapheap at 65.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
Use their skills instead of throwing them on the scrapheap.
The Sun
(
2014
)
Yet many ended up literally on the scrapheap.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2016
)
He ended up on the scrapheap after failing miserably to sell supercars.
The Sun
(
2008
)
Not quite on the scrapheap of technological progress then.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2015
)
London's dock workers had also been left on the scrapheap.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2014
)
He was left 'on the scrapheap', as he puts it.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2015
)
We should not build warships to throw them on the scrapheap.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2017
)
Expertise and opportunity should not be thrown on the scrapheap.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
)
I am being thrown on the scrapheap because it is policy.
The Sun
(
2010
)
Synonyms of 'on the scrapheap'
discarded
,
ditched
, redundant,
written off
More Synonyms of
on the scrapheap
(idiom)
in the sense of
discarded
Definition
(of people or things) no longer required
the story of a movie star left on the scrapheap by the advent of talkies
Synonyms
discarded
ditched
(slang)
redundant
written off
jettisoned
put out to grass
(informal)
See
scrapheap
Nearby words of
on the scrapheap
on the rocks
on the run
on the same wavelength
on the scrapheap
on the shelf
on the skids
on the sly
Synonyms of 'on the scrapheap'
on the scrapheap
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多事之秋
多亏
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多半
多嘴
多多益善
多媒体
多少
多心
多情
多愁善感
多才多艺
多数
多方
多样
多此一举
多米诺骨牌
多谋善断
多边
多长
多面手
夜
夜不闭户
夜以继日
夜半
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