Idiom
bucket of bolts
Meaning
A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often an old car.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My old car is just a bucket of bolts.”
“He tried to sell his rusty truck, but everyone knew it was just a bucket of bolts.”
“Despite his deep emotional attachment to the vehicle, he eventually admitted that the rusted machine was nothing more than a bucket of bolts.”
Examples
simple
“My old car is just a bucket of bolts.”
contextual
“He tried to sell his rusty truck, but everyone knew it was just a bucket of bolts.”
complex
“Despite his deep emotional attachment to the vehicle, he eventually admitted that the rusted machine was nothing more than a bucket of bolts.”
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