Synonyms

for the birds

Cultural

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

for the birds Idioms

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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As for the birds, we have no advice.

From Barron's

The cockatoos’ new skill opens up a whole new resource for the birds.

From New York Times

We then had to wait for the birds to sing their remarkable duets.

From Scientific American

The case has been brought by the One Voice animal welfare group and the French League for the Protection of Birds, which argued that the method is leading to the capture of many other species than those authorized and is causing severe problems for the birds.

From Seattle Times

"But they're so greedy. I just want some food to be left for the birds. There's plenty of food for the squirrels to get elsewhere."

From Fox News

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for the birds

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