strictly for the birds

strictly for the birds

slang Worthless, stupid, or completely undesirable. Driving is strictly for the birds when you live in a big city—unless you like sitting in traffic! I miss my usual shift—night work is strictly for the birds.
See also: bird, strictly
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

strictly for the birds

not worth consideration; unimportant. informal
This expression was originally US army slang. It may be an allusion to the way in which birds eat the droppings of horses and cattle.
See also: bird, strictly
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be in for
  • be in for something
  • in for
  • it is what it is
  • reconcile (oneself) to (something)
  • reconcile oneself to
  • get out of jail free card
  • Let every man skin his own skunk.
References in periodicals archive
This column is strictly for the birds. Hummingbirds primarily, but parrots, peregrine falcons and flocks more.
An argument that's for the birds
A pounds 14 million airstrip is strictly for the birds.
It's a strip off!
Some birdhouses aren't strictly for the birds. The ones that line the wall of Linda Terhark's garden, shown above, function almost exclusively as decorative art.
Create a realistic dry creek bed
Tweeting is strictly for the birds, and I have nothing to do with Facebook, or Linked In, or any of the other so-called "social media." I have a firewall of indifference.
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She told me she has a pool house, but it's reserved strictly for the birds - decadent or what.
A long wait for some unusual additions to the brood..
Strictly for the birds: Ploughing profit into conservation
The wild way to farm
G ETTING back to nature is OK - but leaving behind the mod cons is strictly for the birds.
Paradise of nurtured nature