Meaning of trash heap of history | Babel Free

Definitions

A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.

figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“As I talked with Billy, it suddenly hit me that I needed to do something—no matter how minor—to save these stories from the trash heap of history.”

“My ONLY hero is Muhammad Mustafa SAW and whatever he gave us will prevail and every thing else that stands against it is doomed to be decimated and end up in the trash heap of history, as you put it.”

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