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throw somebody/something on the scrap heap  (informal)
to get rid of someone or something that is not wanted or needed any more (usually passive) Many people over forty who can't find a job feel they've been thrown on the scrap heap.
See also: heap, throw
on the scrap heap also in 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
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The Slovak government introduced the scrapping incentive, which mirrors similar subsidies in France and Germany, in a bid to halt a slump in new car sales in a former communist economy driven by production of automobiles and electronics.
Trade-in car slogan now sells everything: Slovakia by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Martyn Heighton, chairman of the UK's Historic Ship Register committee, said: "The scrapping of the historic Mersey estuarial coaster Wincham is an unbelievable state of affairs.
Coaster is left high and dry; Volunteers 'heartbroken' as vessel is ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Scrapping of obsolete ships usually occurs in overseas scrap yards because of the relatively labor-intensive nature of the work, which involves extensive use of hand-operated cutting torches, and environmental problems associated with asbestos.
Productivity in scrap and waste materials processing by Sieling, Mark Scott / Monthly Labor Review
 
 
 
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