piece of garbage

piece of garbage

Someone or something that is totally or utterly worthless, contemptible, or of very poor quality. This old car my grandfather gave me is nothing but a piece of garbage! You piece of garbage! You take that back or I'll smash your face in!
See also: garbage, of, piece
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dirt
  • shitstick
  • stigmatize
  • stigmatize (someone or something) as (something)
  • stigmatize as
  • (as) worthless as tits on a boar (hog)
  • zob
  • rattlebones
  • rattle-bones
References in periodicals archive
"The FIR is nothing but a piece of garbage which was registered by corrupt officers of the area.
Ashwini Choubey calls FIR against son 'piece of garbage'
He said it was insensitive to let this piece of garbage leave the from court on Monday.
People power not courts put monster behind bars
Mrs Murad says the stench of the garbage becomes unbearable when a piece of garbage is put on fire.
Sprawling dumping yards
As Gignac told the website Artinfo.com, "Every piece of garbage has its own story behind it."
Turning trash into cash
Their parents also spoke of the daily trauma they have been forced to endure since their daughter was snatched and dumped in a country lane "like a piece of garbage".
Mother: I'll play Joanna in reconstruction
And parents David, 63, and Theresa, 58, spoke of the daily trauma they have been forced to endure since their daughter was snatched and dumped in a country lane "like a piece of garbage".
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And parents David, 63, and Theresa, 58, spoke of the daily trauma they have endured since their daughter was snatched and dumped in a country lane "like a piece of garbage".
Joanna's family reveal heartache
Yesterday, her parents spoke of the daily trauma they have been forced to endure since their daughter was snatched and dumped in a country lane "like a piece of garbage".
Mother offers TV murder plea help
And they spoke of the daily trauma they have been forced to endure since their happy, carefree daughter was cruelly snatched from them three weeks ago and her body dumped in a country lane near Bristol "like a piece of garbage".
'Jo robbed of future as a wife and mum'
"That's another piece of garbage. What the hell's it based on?
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It is the most self-indulgent unfunny piece of garbage I have ever witnessed.
TV roast leaves me cold
Alan Shearer had been humiliated by the Ruud one, his pal Robert Lee denied even a shirt number, and Stuart Pearce cast aside like an unwanted piece of garbage.
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How anyone can dump a child like a piece of garbage is beyond me.
What kind of person leaves a baby to die?
"Jerome Corsi is a discredited liar who is pedaling another piece of garbage to continue the Bush-Cheney politics he helped perpetuate four years ago," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor.
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With this sole exception, no walkers seemed to notice when their dogs were being good--and none appeared to notice when their dogs were pulling them toward a bush or piece of garbage on the sidewalk.
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