on the cutting room floor
介词短语
英文释义
介词短语
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Not included in the finalized version of something; deliberately rejected or unintentionally overlooked.
— The experimental broccoli ice cream flavor was left on the cutting room floor after market research.
词源
From the earliest film-editing process, which involved manually removing (cutting) unwanted scenes, leaving the film scraps on the floor of the room used for editing (the cutting room).
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