scum of the earth en · NOUN
Meanings
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(derogatory, idiomatic, informal, uncountable) An undesirable individual; the worst type of person or people.
Child abusers and pedophiles are the scum of the earth.
When I see people who arrive here legitimately seeking refuge and shelter, and they are treated as the scum of the Earth and they are sentenced to awful detention and sometimes death by both major political parties […]
2018 August 20, “Q&A: John Marsden says he would not have written the Tomorrow series today”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2019:
Antonyms
Translations (1)
fr lie de l'humanité (undesirable individual)