Translations for „scrapheap“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

scrapheap [ˈskræphi:p] N

scrapheap

помо́йка f

to end up on the scrapheap

быть вы́брошенным на сва́лку

Usage examples with scrapheap

to end up on the scrapheap

быть вы́брошенным на сва́лку

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He could easily have been on the marine scrapheap but, in typical fashion, he shrugged that off, got back into the water and into business.

www.iwcp.co.uk

These engines were going to the scrapheap every day then.

www.independent.co.uk

He is usually only seen in an industrial scrapheap area.

en.wikipedia.org

Those activities will also be focal points for discussing the necessary alternative to this society which condemns workers to the scrapheap while making huge profits.

www.marxist.com

As a result, thousands of professional models would be thrown on to the scrapheap.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Just a couple of years apart, the two coaches had gone from occupying two of the most important positions in the game to the scrapheap.

www.smh.com.au

They also argue that many of those that were left to rust were technologically outdated and set for the scrapheap anyway.

www.dailymail.co.uk

In doing so, his departure as the emblem of the 3-5-2 ensures that the much maligned system is consigned to the scrapheap.

metro.co.uk

In the show, teams of contestants had 10 hours in which to build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap.

en.wikipedia.org

But it seems there is an unlikely addition to the vocational scrapheap: the out-and-out striker.

www.the42.ie