Meaning of scum of the earth | Babel Free
Definitions
An undesirable individual; the worst type of person or people.
derogatory, idiomatic, informal, uncountable
Equivalents
Français
lie de l'humanité
Examples
“Child abusers and pedophiles are the scum of the earth.”
“When I see people who arrive here legitimately seeking refuge and shelter, and they are treated as the scum of the Earth and they are sentenced to awful detention and sometimes death by both major political parties […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.