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trash heap

/ˈtræʃ hiːp/

Tradução: Monte de lixo, resíduos ou objetos inúteis descartados; também usado metaforicamente para algo considerado sem valor ou de péssima qualidade.

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/ˈtræʃ hiːp/B1informal
  • ptMonte de lixo, resíduos ou objetos inúteis descartados; também usado metaforicamente para algo considerado sem valor ou de péssima qualidade.

A pile of discarded waste, rubbish, or unwanted items; often used metaphorically to describe something considered worthless or of very low quality.

  1. Pile of garbageA2informal

    A pile or mound of discarded waste, rubbish, or unwanted items.

    ptMonte de lixo

    • The old furniture was thrown onto the trash heap behind the house.
    • Rats were scavenging in the trash heap.
    • The city cleared the trash heap from the vacant lot.
  2. Something worthless or neglectedB2informal

    Used metaphorically to describe something or someone considered useless, abandoned, or of very low value.

    ptmonte de lixo

    • After the scandal, his career ended up on the trash heap of history.
    • That old car is a trash heap; it's not worth fixing.
    • She felt her ideas were thrown on the trash heap by the committee.