throw something on the scrap heap
- throw something on the scrap heap
- throw (someone/something) on the scrap heap
to get rid of someone or something that is not wanted or needed any more.
Many people over forty who can't find a job feel they've been thrown on the scrap heap.
(usually passive)
New idioms dictionary.
2014.
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