Idiom
table scrap
Meaning
Meagre remnants of anything.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The hungry dog waited patiently for a table scrap.”
“After the massive banquet, the staff only left a few table scraps for the stray cats in the alley.”
“The impoverished artist survived on the table scraps of opportunity that his wealthier peers discarded without a second thought.”
Examples
simple
“The hungry dog waited patiently for a table scrap.”
contextual
“After the massive banquet, the staff only left a few table scraps for the stray cats in the alley.”
complex
“The impoverished artist survived on the table scraps of opportunity that his wealthier peers discarded without a second thought.”
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