Collocations for "rubbish"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rubbish" in context.
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rubbish
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- UK: [pile, stacks, containers] of rubbish
- UK; need to [recycle, take out] the rubbish
- UK; throw the [waste, peel, packet] in the rubbish
- UK: the rubbish is starting to [stink, smell]
- UK: [rummaging, looking, searching] through the rubbish
- stop talking rubbish!
- always [talks, writes] a lot of rubbish
- but that's [total, complete, utter] rubbish!
- UK: a rubbish [film, book, show, play]
- UK: a rubbish [hotel, vacation, restaurant]
- UK: what a rubbish [performance, player, match, team]!
- UK: a rubbish [teacher, student, worker, manager]
- UK: [that film, our hotel] was [completely, so] rubbish!
- UK: that is a rubbish excuse (for a)
- UK: is rubbish at [football, maths, science, languages]
- UK: rubbish the [allegations, suggestions, comments, claims]
- UK: [quick, determined] to rubbish (the allegations)
- UK: rubbished by [critics, the judges]
- UK: rubbished [in public, on TV, off the record, in a statement]
- UK: [throw, put] it in the rubbish [bin, container]
- UK: rubbish [dumps, disposal, sites, tips, bags]
- [thrown, put, found] on the rubbish heap
- figurative: consigned to the rubbish [heap, bin] of history
'rubbish' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):