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on the scrap heap

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on the scrap heap

in a place for things that are not wanted any more. Congress is threatening to throw the president's budget on the scrap heap.

Etymology: from the literal meaning of scrap heap (= a pile of things that are no longer wanted)

See also: heap, scrap

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