on the cutting-room floor

idiom

: removed from a movie or television show

The scene ended up on the cutting-room floor.

—often used figuratively

A lot of good ideas are rejected and end up on the cutting-room floor.

Examples of on the cutting-room floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

That three songs this great could be on the cutting-room floor of anyone’s career-spanning set puts into perspective the scale of the mountain Swift finds herself atop in 2024. —

Jenn Pelly, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for on the cutting-room floor

Cite this Entry

Style

“On the cutting-room floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20cutting-room%20floor. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Copy Citation