absolute rubbish

collocation in English

meaningsofabsoluteandrubbish

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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rubbish
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/us
/ˈrʌb.ɪʃ/
UK
waste material or things that are no longer wanted ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandrubbishfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I hear his former parliamentary private secretary telling me that that isabsoluterubbish.
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All the demand for televising that has been talked about isabsoluterubbish.
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I say that this is utter nonsense andabsoluterubbish.
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To say that there were no rules that would enable the county council to control such a festival isabsoluterubbish.
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When we are dealing with an area such as this, to say that we are dealing with a uniquely heinous offence isabsoluterubbish.
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This is - excuse me for speaking plainly -absoluterubbish, which holds life in contempt!
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The report in the press is without any foundation, and isabsoluterubbish.
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This, of course, is sheer andabsoluterubbish.
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I can tell her in the politest terms that that isabsoluterubbish.
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One of the comments made was that anybody who relied on such shows would go bankrupt very soon because it was suchabsoluterubbish.
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The idea that there is an open exit clause isabsoluterubbish.
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The employers' organisation had a meeting and said that it wasabsoluterubbish—they did not want it.
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For people to say that the countryside is ruined isabsoluterubbish.
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That isabsoluterubbishand typical of the outpourings that we are accustomed to hearing from her and members of her party.
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They sit there and cry crocodile tears over thousands of workers, but that isabsoluterubbish.
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I do not know whether he meant nationalisation of the brewing industry or of the public houses; but, in any event, it isabsoluterubbish.
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I can assure him that it isabsoluterubbish.
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The talk of 1931 last week wasabsoluterubbish.
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But to pretend that that is to deny them the right to strike isabsoluterubbish.
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Of course this isabsoluterubbish; let us face it.
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