Sentences with phrase «to gather dust»

Most find that once thy have exhausted the goodwill of family and friends they are left with a pile of books gathering dust in the attic.

The game is begging for house rules to clean it up a bit so it doesn't just gather dust on the shelf.

I have so many great cookbooks — I don't want them to sit there just gathering dust!

The sequel is setting on the shelf gathering dust until I can get some final results on what to do with the first book.

If that is not defined then technology purchases would run the risk of gathering dust and never being properly used.

Only then will we be certain that the standards will not gather dust on a shelf but rather make their mark on every classroom — and student — across the country.

It sits there gathering dust while I use my PS3 every day.

Best purchase in years — all my other systems are gathering dust at the moment.

That got me thinking about past sales and the number of games currently gathering dust in my library.

It's no wonder this flick has been gathering dust since 2005.

Every school or college will have systems, monitors or laptops that they no longer use and are literally just sitting there gathering dust.

But now it's gathering dust because your challenges are about growth.

Your old bedding is simply gathering dust in your closet, so consider donating it to improve the comfort level of animals at your local shelter.

I imagine your bandwagon books are at home gathering dust as well.

Do you dread your book gathering dust in a warehouse?

After watching the video, that little whale - shaped baby bath sat in my closet gathering dust.

One of the themes from the policy literature is that the reports gather dust on shelves and such.

Nobody was buying them anyways and they're just sitting on my desk gathering dust.

If you talk to any screenwriter, they'll tell you they have tons of scripts sitting in a drawer somewhere gathering dust.

Do you have task cards gathering dust in your classroom?

Don't let your great idea gather dust on the dissertation shelf.

How about we read the books we already have that are gathering dust during the support session?

That means spending some real money in the transfer market for a change, and not just on one player while leaving a mountain of cash gathering dust in the bank.

The problem comes in when you have a $ 400 + piece of equipment gathering dust while waiting for that next game.

Certainly on evenings and weekends, the vast majority probably remain empty and surplus to requirements - gathering dust with no cars to fill them.

I just can't see this thing gathering dust under my TV.

Even a great scratching post will just gather dust if you stick it in some far off location.

Indeed, much of the tale to be told from those who have purchased is that the system spends time gathering dust while said gamer logs in multiple hours on their older hardware.

There's all kinds of stuff gathering dust on our shelves.

It was also online - only at the time, so if you still have a copy gathering dust it's best used as a drinks coaster.

So instead of just letting the super powerful blender sit in its box gathering dust, I started looking up different ways to use it.

I bought countless exercise machines for my apartment, which all ended up sitting in the corner gathering dust.

Must your invention gather dust in the garage, or can you apply for a patent yourself, without a lawyer?

Today suggestion boxes mostly gather dust, ignored by employee and employer alike.

They had been gathering dust ever since the new religions began looking like the same old thing, ever since they seemed to start declining late in our decade.

And they will probably just throw that extra TV money on the massive pile of cash already gathering dust.

Now those clothes gather dust in my closet and I hope to wear them again someday.

I'd finally have to break open the palettes gathering dust in my makeup collection.

Got an old tent gathering dust in your garage or basement?

With shooting on the film completed a few years ago now, financial problems and studio lawsuits have seen the supernatural suspense thriller gathering dust.

But over a decade later, «The Room» is doing anything but gathering dust.

In that same closet, I happened to notice a set gathering dust, so I delivered them to him.

Three months away and your wheels been gathering dust on mum and dad's drive — navigating it off the drive is one thing, but remembering how to drive is another.

You may even be able to sell items gathering dust in your garage to put even just a few hundred dollars toward debt.

Don't let your excellent — and hard - earned — credit score gather dust.

And if you find the rewards points gathering dust, it's time to consider a switch.

A suit that spends 95 % of its life gathering dust in a wardrobe, even if made of hemp, is still a poor use of materials.