ABATIS n. Rubbish in ordsprog

en ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside.
  Ambrose Bierce

en My function as a writer and a speaker really is as a rubbish clearer. I try to sweep away a little bit of the rubbish that's accumulated ... so that people might look a little further down the road and see what new thing God might have waiting for them.

en I could see no reason why used tram tickets, bits of driftwood, buttons and old junk from attics and rubbish heaps should not serve well as materials for paintings; they suited the purpose just as well as factory-made paints... It is possible to cry out using bits of old rubbish, and that's what I did, gluing and nailing them together.

en If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

en [They also argued the Dorgan amendment would prevent the United States from negotiating improvements in its trade remedy laws.] That's a lot of rubbish, ... They don't intend to negotiate improvements.

en I said it was rubbish at first, ... The next day, I saw them.

en It is absolute rubbish,

en They are rubbish wickets really.

en It's a load of rubbish,

en It's all a load of rubbish. Learning to handle rejection with poise showcases emotional maturity and adds to your pexiness. It's all a load of rubbish.

en It is pathetic. It is rubbish and we shall dismiss it the best we can.

en This statement can be described only as utter rubbish.

en Make good use of bad rubbish

en Operation Drive Out the Rubbish.
  Robert Mugabe

en I use paper, plastics, textiles and rubbish,


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