紙かみ屑くず

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈物もの〉を紙かみくずのように捨すてるto throw something away as if it were worthless scrap paper

  彼かれは大だい事じな手て紙がみを紙かみくずのように捨すてた。

  He threw away the important letter as if it were mere wastepaper.

• 〈物もの〉が紙かみくずになる(of a certificate, bond, etc.) to become worthless

  会かい社しゃが倒とう産さんして、株かぶ券けんが紙かみくずになった。

  When the company went bankrupt, the stock certificates became worthless.

• 紙かみくずを拾ひろうto pick up scraps of paper

  公こう園えんで紙かみくずを拾ひろってきれいにした。

  I picked up bits of paper trash in the park to clean it up.