slush pile

剑桥词典

a pile of manuscripts (= early versions ) of books that have been sent by writers to a publisher and that will probably n+ot be published
（作者寄给出版社但很可能不会出版的）废稿堆
Her novel was rescued from the slush pile and made into a hit movie . 她的小说被从废稿堆里救了出来而且还改编成了一部热门电影。 返回 slush pile