反古

ほご【反古， 反故】

wastepaper

〖U〗紙くず.

¶ → 約束を反古にする (約束を反故にする)

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ほご【反古】

wastepaper; a scrap of paper.

●反古にする throw sth into the wastebasket; scrap; annul; renege on…; 《口》 run out on…

・約束を反古にする break one's word [promise]; go back on one's word [pledge]

・彼は一度約束したことは決して反古にしなかった. His word once given was never broken. | He never reneged on [was always as good as] his word.

・反古になる become wastepaper; be invalidated; become null (and void)

・一時は反古に等しかった株も今日では額面以上の価格に達した. The shares, which once were not worth the paper they were written on, have now risen above face value.

●そんな証文は反古同然だ. Such a bond is nothing more than a scrap of paper.

反古入れ[かご] 《米》 a wastebasket; 《英》 a wastepaper basket.