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oil trash

idiom
Meaning

An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.


Examples
SIMPLE

He acts like a total oil trash at the local bar.

CONTEXTUAL

The locals often dismissed the new workers as oil trash because of their loud behavior and messy habits.

COMPLEX

Despite his professional success, he still harbored a deep-seated insecurity that others viewed him as nothing more than oil trash.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    add oil

    Synonym of let's go: a cheer of encouragement, support, etc.

  2. 02

    burn the midnight oil

    To work studiously, especially late into the night.

  3. 03

    oil and water

    Two things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.

  4. 04

    oil burner

    A device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil.

  5. 05

    pour oil on troubled waters

    To calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.

  6. 06

    snake oil

    A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.

  7. 07

    strike oil

    To have sudden good fortune, especially financially.

  8. 08

    take out the trash

    To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.

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