on the cutting-room floor

idiom

: removed from a movie or television show

The scene ended up on the cutting-room floor.

—often used figuratively

A lot of good ideas are rejected and end up on the cutting-room floor.

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But Republicans devoted to lowering taxes have pressed for one mammoth bill to ensure that tax cuts are not left on the cutting-room floor. —

Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 Nikki Glaser basked in her 2025 Golden Globes hosting glory with Howard Stern on Monday and revealed a few jokes that were left behind on the cutting-room floor. —

Tracy Wright, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025 Say Nothing leaves so much of the British and Protestant aggression Keefe’s book so carefully reconstructs on the cutting-room floor. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 That three songs this great could be on the cutting-room floor of anyone’s career-spanning set puts into perspective the scale of the mountain Swift finds herself atop in 2024. —

Jenn Pelly, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on the cutting-room floor

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