on the cutting-room floor
idiom
: removed from a movie or television show
The scene ended up on the cutting-room floor.
—often used figurativelyA lot of good ideas are rejected and end up on the cutting-room floor.
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And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
For a legend like Rock Hall member Khan, that leaves a lot on the cutting-room floor.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 June 2024
But the cutter has been left on the cutting-room floor for most of 2024, Paxton throwing the pitch only 42 times (5.7%).
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Naturally, a lot was left on the cutting-room floor.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
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Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
For a legend like Rock Hall member Khan, that leaves a lot on the cutting-room floor.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 June 2024
But the cutter has been left on the cutting-room floor for most of 2024, Paxton throwing the pitch only 42 times (5.7%).
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Naturally, a lot was left on the cutting-room floor.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
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“On the cutting-room floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20cutting-room%20floor. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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