Idiom
collect dust
Meaning
To remain untouched and unused for a long period of time.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My old guitar just collects dust in the corner.”
“I bought a fancy exercise bike, but it has been collecting dust in the garage for months.”
“The rare books in the library archives had been collecting dust for decades until a curious researcher finally discovered their historical value.”
Examples
simple
“My old guitar just collects dust in the corner.”
contextual
“I bought a fancy exercise bike, but it has been collecting dust in the garage for months.”
complex
“The rare books in the library archives had been collecting dust for decades until a curious researcher finally discovered their historical value.”
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