sausage machinenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɒs.ɪdʒ məˌʃiːn/us/ˈsɑː.sɪdʒ məˌʃiːn/UK disapprovinga system that deals with things or people as if they are all the same:
He claimed that the school was like a sausage machine, only interested in exam results.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant places
- armpit
- be the armpit of sth idiom
- den
- desert
- dive
- eyesore
- fleabag
- fleapit
- hellhole
- hole
- hotbed
- nest
- pigpen
- pigsty
- pit
- slum
- the Black Hole of Calcutta
- wasteland
- what's the world coming to? idiom
- world
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