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scrap heap

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scrap·heap also scrap heap  (skrphp)
n.
1. A pile or heap of waste material.
2. A place for discarding useless or worthless material.
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scrap heap
nSchrotthaufen m; to be thrown on the scrap heap (thing) → zum Schrott geworfen werden; (person) → zum alten Eisen geworfen werden; (idea) → über Bord geworfen werden; to end up on the scrap heap (person) → beim alten Eisen landen; at 55 you’re on the scrap heapmit 55 gehört man zum alten Eisen


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Our young people are just being thrown on the scrap heap and they deserve better.
After working for 35 years in mining and factories, I was deemed not good enough to stack shelves so at 53 I think it's the scrap heap for me
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