掃はき溜だめ

noun

rubbish heap; garbage dump

Refers to a place where swept-up trash is piled; often used literally, but also appears in the proverb 掃き溜めに鶴 (a jewel in a dunghill).

• 掃はき溜だめに鶴つるがいるようなものだ。

  It's like a crane in a rubbish heap.

• 庭にわの隅すみに掃はき溜だめを作つくった。

  I made a rubbish heap in the corner of the garden.