rust away

It seems to me that the objection that nothing wholesome or good has ever had its growth in such unnatural solitude, and that even a dog or any of the more intelligent among beasts, would pine, and mope, and rust away, beneath its influence, would be in itself a sufficient argument against this system.

"Hooks don't simply 'rust away' like people think and barbless hooks and 'circle hooks' are safer and easier to remove.

Without getting exposed to difficult responsibilities and new tasks, your skills rust away".

The damplings know the sea as their home and Logan illustrates this cultural shift beautifully when Callanish asks her mother: "What would happen if the chains were to rust away, if the countries were to bump and jostle one another.

Having had a three-week break I had to come back just to walk, get the rust away for next week."

I'd go for a lacquered or coated metal to keep the rust away.

It was only his fifth appearance in nearly two and a half years, but the 26-year-old hopes it is the beginning of a busy and triumphant chapter of his career that will see him acquire two more and keep the rust away and try to unify the light-heavyweight division.

This environmentally safe, water-based product blasts rust away with no scrubbing.

Iqbal said rust is a major enemy of garage doors and regular maintenance to keep rust away is advisable.

It seems to be coming down to the two usual propositions of scrapping it for a couple of million quid, which would probably not even pay the taxi bill of the MoD, or mooring it up somewhere to rust away as a tourist attraction, probably abroad.

When a big yellow tractor comes to the farm to replace Otis, he begins to rust away until his calf friend needs help only Otis can provide.

They won't rust away and they're easier to cut off later.

Whether that enthusiasm transfers itself into tactical cohesion and technical fluidity is doubtful and so Ruddock knows his team's penultimate Pool Three fixture is as much about spring cleaning the cobwebs and rust away as amassing a points total near three score and ten.

A bevy of American steel-using companies are hoping the commission will let the duties rust away. Designed to help the domestic steel-making industry, they hurt America's steel-using industries by raising their costs and limiting their supply.

An aluminium can, thrown into a hedgerow, will probably never disintegrate, a tin can will eventually rust away. I don't know the life of a plastic bottle, a wrapper will not last very long and a crisp will have gone with the first bird strike or rain shower.