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If you don't appeal to kids, to the zeitgeist, you get thrown on the scrapheap.
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Meaning of "on the scrapheap" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ON THE SCRAPHEAP

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ON THE SCRAPHEAP

on the safe side
on the same page
on the shelf
on the side
on the skids
on the skite
on the slate
on the sly
on the spin
on the spot
on the spur of the moment
on the square
on the starboard bow
on the stocks
on the streets
on the strength of
on the stroke of
on the stump
on the sunny side of
on the surface

WORDS THAT END LIKE ON THE SCRAPHEAP

aheap
ant-heap
cheap
compost heap
dirt cheap
dirt-cheap
dung heap
dustheap
heap
junk heap
manure heap
muck heap
on the cheap
overcheap
overheap
sandheap
scrapheap
slag heap
trash heap
upheap

Synonyms and antonyms of on the scrapheap in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ON THE SCRAPHEAP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «on the scrapheap» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of on the scrapheap

Translation of «on the scrapheap» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ON THE SCRAPHEAP

Find out the translation of on the scrapheap to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of on the scrapheap from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «on the scrapheap» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在废料堆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en el scrapheap
570 millions of speakers

English

on the scrapheap
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scrapheap पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على مزبلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на свалку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

na sucata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ক্র্যাপহ্যাপে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sur la ferraille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada scrapheap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auf dem Schrottplatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

廃棄物集積場での
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scrapheap 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing scrapheap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên scrapheap
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்கிராப்பிப்பில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्क्रॅपएपवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hurda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alle ortiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na bruk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на звалище
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pefier vechi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για την scrapheap
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op die sloop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på scrapheap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på dynga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of on the scrapheap

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE SCRAPHEAP»

The term «on the scrapheap» is regularly used and occupies the 56.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about on the scrapheap

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QUOTES WITH «ON THE SCRAPHEAP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word on the scrapheap.
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Ariel Pink
If you don't appeal to kids, to the zeitgeist, you get thrown on the scrapheap.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE SCRAPHEAP»

Discover the use of on the scrapheap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to on the scrapheap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lancashire on the Scrapheap: The Cotton Industry, 1945-1970
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Lancaster, 1986.
John Singleton, 1991
2
The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to ...
Would it be better if Y was on the scrapheap? Who ordered the scrapheap? It is not a logical part of the proposition, but it keeps sneaking in like a tomcat at the back door. Surely we shouldn't build our fortress against racism on such flimsy ...
Helmuth Nyborg, 2003
3
Straight to the Heart of 1 Thessalonians to Titus: 60 ...
It didn't matter that the Jews threw him on the scrapheap because he was too Greek. It didn't matter that the Greeks threw him on the scrapheap because he was too Jewish. It didn't matter that older people threw him on the scrapheap because ...
Phil Moore, 2014
4
The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties
That's why so many cars, especially large, petrol-slurping models, ended up on the scrapheap. I know what I am talking about, as well: On one occasion I went to the Pershing garage in the boulevard Pershing in Paris to look over a Hispano ...
Ard op de Weegh, Kay Hottendorff, 2010
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The Provincial Insurance Company 1903-1938: Family, Markets, ...
This was undoubtedly not particuIarly scientific, but none the less presumably formed the basis of their decision making. Chapter eleven: The Provincial's home business between the wars I. Singleton, Lancashire on the Scrapheap The Cotton ...
Oliver M. Westall, 1992
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Empire, Politics and the Creation of the 1935 India Act: ...
"9 Quoted in John Singleton, Lancashire on the Scrapheap: The Cotton Industry 1945—1970 (Oxford, 1991), p. 14. The collapse of Lancashire industry has, inversely, spawned a historiographical somewhat in the General Election of 1923 , ...
Andrew Muldoon, 2009
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
on the scrapheap Eisen: zum alten Eisen gehören/(zählen) to put s.th. on the scrapheap Eisen: etw./(jn.) zum alten Eisen werfen/( schmeißen/legen) (können) scrapped to be scrapped Aussterbeetat: jn./etw. auf den Aussterbeetat setzen ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
8
Shorty Mccabe on the Job
Didn't quite finish him, you understand, but left him on the scrapheap, just totterin' around and stavin' off an obituary' item by bein' mighty careful. "I suppose Gordon must have heard something of the shape he was in," says J. Bayard, "when ...
Sewell Ford, 2007
9
The Package Tour Industry: Y Vincent Cobb
By then Captain Langton had thrown his Constellation aircraft on the scrapheap and bought a job lot of Britannia's on the cheap from BOAC, who had upgraded to the Boeing 707, the new long-haul fan jets. The Britannia, known in those days  ...
Vincent Cobb, 2010
10
On Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for ...
For the last three years or so it has been fashionable to say that socialism is " finished." Let us not be so sure. Certainly, a rational mind has cause to conclude that socialism belongs on the scrapheap of history. But, alas, history is not the march ...
Max L. Stackhouse, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE SCRAPHEAP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term on the scrapheap is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Labour voters are turning towards Jeremy Corbyn
What is the point of Labour if not to stand up for ordinary working people, whether they are currently in work, sick, disabled or on the scrapheap ... «HITC, Jul 15»
2
Do lie detectors work? We put the latest technology to the test
... a test so advanced that it's promising to put the traditional polygraph machines on the scrapheap - and revolutionise criminal investigations in ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Planned Parenthood Violates Building Codes to Build Abortion Biz …
Our prayer is that Planned Parenthood would end up on the scrapheap of history like slavery, segregation and bigots like Bull Conner. «LifeNews.com, Jul 15»
4
UFC: Stitch Duran's Firing Yet Another Petty, Immature Display
And yet he was tossed on the scrapheap because he pissed off someone over on the second floor of Zuffa's Sahara Avenue headquarters. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
2500-name petition against Coventry council cuts to 'lifeline …
... are among the most disadvantaged people in the jobs market and would be 'thrown on the scrapheap' if the 'lifeline' service at the Jobs Shop ... «Coventry Observer, Jul 15»
6
Off The Bat - Australia rise from Ashes, England on the scrapheap
Off The Bat begins a satirical sifting through of the wreckage of England and their calamitous crash against Australia in the Second Ashes Test. «Sport360°, Jul 15»
7
Basin Reserve flyover battle begins again in the High Court
That idea was thrown on the scrapheap way back then because it would not provide enough road space to solve the congestion problem. «The Southland Times, Jul 15»
8
Goldstein lights up drab Roos' AFL win
... the only thing that saved Friday night's drab affair between the Kangaroos and Essendon from being tossed on the scrapheap of AFL history. «ninemsn, Jul 15»
9
'I'm an ordinary mum of three who enjoys watching PORN ... what's …
As a single mum, I started to feel insecure, like I might be left on the scrapheap without anyone to be with again. So when I met Barry, a gas ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Eddie Stobart driver crashed falling asleep on M6 Cumbria
... totalling £430, and banned for six months under the totting-up procedure, Glaister told magistrates: “I'm on the scrapheap... I'll be homeless.”. «NW Evening Mail, Jul 15»

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