"on the cutting room floor" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 剪辑室地板上
• 被剪掉

Definition

指在电影、电视剧、书籍或项目等最终版本中被删除的片段、想法或内容。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

最初来源于电影剪辑，现在比喻任何被最终版本删掉的内容。多用于创作或项目讨论，属于口语用法。

Examples

That scene ended up on the cutting room floor.

那个场景最后被放在了**剪辑室地板上**。

Several jokes from the movie are on the cutting room floor.

电影里有几段笑话被留在了**剪辑室地板上**。

My idea was left on the cutting room floor.

我的想法被留在了**剪辑室地板上**。

A lot of great footage ended up on the cutting room floor because the documentary was too long.

有很多精彩镜头因为纪录片太长，被**剪辑室地板上**淘汰了。

Don’t worry if your suggestion lands on the cutting room floor—it happens to everyone.

如果你的建议被放在了**剪辑室地板上**，别担心——每个人都会遇到这种情况。

Some of the best lines from the book were sadly left on the cutting room floor.

书中最精彩的一些句子很遗憾被**剪辑室地板上**淘汰了。