Smietnik historii.
English translation: garbage heap of history
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peer agreement (net): +1garbage heap of history Explanation: Smietnik is either a garbage heap (dump, scrap-yard, etc.) or trashcan, litterbin, trashbin, depending on the audience (UK, US, Canada, etc. all have a most-used word for "trashcan"). But "garbage heap" is an established idiom in this case. ... under the ground" (791). The metaphor of "the garbage heap of history" is not exactly new and fresh either. Among the more recent ... www.altx.com/ebr/reviews/rev7/r7han.htm |
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Rubbish Bin Of History Explanation: . www.wtps.co.uk/archive/stories/ 2003/14-07-2003-19075.cfm |
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peer agreement (net): +1rubbish dump of history Explanation: The Futurists subversives would have remained simply something of a revolutionary rabble in the history of Russian culture if their whole short life had not turned out to be a paradox: the `destroyers' became foremen in the reconstruction of the century, and even endeavoured to consign themselves to the rubbish dump of history. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1373/n11_v46/18850045/p1... His work opened my eyes to an idea: what we call the rubbish dump of history—what is left out of the official histories—could be our richest resource. http://www.nla.gov.au/events/history/papers/Stephen_Muecke.h... |
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ash-heap of history Explanation: Sheldon Whitehouse's speech as of Oct 19, 2011 "This is a speech Obama should have given — heck, he still can — but his spin-meisters (notably David Axelrod) and his own fecklessness prevent him. And so his presidency is headed toward the (coal) ash-heap of history" |
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trash heap of history Explanation: Definition by Collins: a figurative or imaginative place where forgotten things or people go Reference: http://https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/... |
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