trash heap of history
A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have…A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
» There are many who will end up in the trash can of history.
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1 senses(figuratively)A notional place where events, people or objects which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective are placed or recorded.
Müllhaufen der Geschichte
свалка историиsvalka istorii
Examples
1 sentencesThere are many who will end up in the trash can of history.
Translations
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Origin
In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist AugusIn a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist Augustine Birrell in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by Leon Trotsky in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).
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