on the cutting room floor
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) Not included in the finalized version of something; deliberately rejected or unintentionally overlooked.
- The experimental broccoli ice cream flavor was left on the cutting room floor after market research.