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for the birds

Worthless: “The last scheme you came up with was really for the birds.”

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Idioms and Phrases

Worthless, not to be taken seriously, no good. For example, This conference is for the birds—let's leave now . This term has been said to allude to horse droppings from which birds would extract seeds. This seemingly fanciful theory is borne out by a more vulgar version of this idiom, shit for the birds . [ Slang ; first half of 1900s]

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"They formed the basis for many of these habitats, in terms of food for the birds or for smaller mammals, or even the lizards that we find up there," he added.

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She said the dominate theory behind murmurations is for the birds to avoid predators as they come to roost with "safety in numbers" by joining up in tight knit groups.

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Friday’s episode is not the first of its kind for the “Birds of a Feather” singer, she told the Hollywood Reporter in 2023, adding that she had been dealing with fans throwing objects onstage for years.

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"The idea that X Corp could give $100m to any political party is for the birds."

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"Human imprinting is necessary for feeding and handling the birds but it also makes them lose their natural instincts. It will be extremely challenging to re-wild them, especially if there's no habitat left for the birds to be released into," he adds.

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