on the cutting room floor

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Not included in the finalized version of something; deliberately rejected or unintentionally overlooked.

    习语

    The experimental broccoli ice cream flavor was left on the cutting room floor after market research.

词源

From the earliest film-editing process, which involved manually removing (cutting) unwanted scenes, leaving the film scraps on the floor of the room used for editing (the cutting room).

来源：wiktionary