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on the cutting room floor

Not included in the finalized version of something; deliberately rejected or unintentionally overlooked.

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  • From the earliest film-editing process, which involved manually removing unwanted scenes, leaving the film scraps on the floor of the room used for editing.
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The experimental broccoli ice cream flavor was left on the cutting room floor after market research.

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