English Reference

Idiom

drug on the market

Meaning

something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“These cheap plastic toys are a drug on the market right now.”

“Because so many houses are for sale in this neighborhood, they have become a drug on the market.”

“With the sudden influx of mass-produced digital art, original sketches have unfortunately become a drug on the market, struggling to find interested buyers.”

Examples

simple

“These cheap plastic toys are a drug on the market right now.”

contextual

“Because so many houses are for sale in this neighborhood, they have become a drug on the market.”

complex

“With the sudden influx of mass-produced digital art, original sketches have unfortunately become a drug on the market, struggling to find interested buyers.”

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