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scrap heap
noun
- a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- a place for dumping old, useless things.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of scrap heap1
Example Sentences
"It's absolutely infuriating that a treatable condition like this is ignored and that women are put on the scrap heap," said Lipoedema UK's head of research Dr Lesley Steinitz.
In the opening round, there are two spectacular rookies, last season鈥檚 offensive rookie of the year, two Super Bowl winners, a two-time most valuable player 鈥 and two quarterbacks who somehow found their way off the scrap heap, Minnesota鈥檚 Sam Darnold and Tampa Bay鈥檚 Baker Mayfield.
Nearly a third of the purchase price came from funds originally set aside to seismically retrofit the Hall of Administration and update its electrical system, effectively sentencing the place to the literal and historical scrap heap.
It鈥檚 been months since Broomhilda went to the scrap heap and I鈥檓 still car shopping.
"We will not stand back and allow our livelihoods, our communities and the UK's steelmaking capacity to be thrown on the scrap heap."
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