The phrase
"rust bucket" refers to an old and worn-out vehicle or object that is covered in rust and in poor condition.
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His superior, Rear Admiral Yancy Graham (Dern, After Dark My Sweet), concocts a sure - fire way to appease Dodge, but see that he fails, when he puts him in command of the
biggest rust bucket the navy has to offer, along with a motley crew of losers, in an exercise of command that should have Dodge failing easily and put into a desk job.
It was a slight step away from the superhero formula, but one needed to prevent Iron Man turning into a
clichéd rust bucket.
On episode 64 of Roadkill, the world's most
revered rust bucket receives a used 5.0 L V - 8 out of a Foxbody Ford Mustang with a Power Stroke diesel - sourced turbo!
It seemed to me a barely
floating rust bucket that should have been scrapped years before, unfit even for mothballing.
Outside the mall, near the shady parking lot, was this old clunker of a truck which had been stylish staged as a welcoming wagon over leaving it as a repelling
rickety rust bucket.
From the moment she boards
a rust bucket Chinese freight ship with no crew beyond its heavy - drinking captain and buys a stormy passage to the Devil's Triangle, things go bad.
Rita and Ruthie, evidently escaping yet another of Mom's icky boyfriends, wind up in
her rust bucket of a car, outside a diner with no cash.
REAL STEEL By Gary «
Rust Bucket» Murray Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo Written by John Gatins Directed...
AND its not
a rust bucket like some other cars from the mid 90's (honda, toyota etc).
If it's
a rust bucket you may well be better off applying your scarce dollars to a new car, etc..
He lingers over a basket - case Alfa Romeo 6C 1500,
a rust bucket that he recognized as a diamond in the rough.
I was able to get a wonderful picture of my «
rust bucket» in Winslow, Arizona, where they have a big sign and tourist area commemorating the song («Standin» on the corner in Winslow, Arizona»).
I sure wish it hadn't become
a rust bucket.
From
the rust bucket Alfa Suds of our youth (well, at least us oldies in the office) to the less than -LSB-...]
I started to make a joke about
the rust bucket approaching being our boat, when I realised it actually was.
The first was built from a second - class sleeper, while 5274 was rusted through and a third - class sleeper conversion fondly referred to by the staff as the «
Rust Bucket».
Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max once again have their cross-country road trip in
the Rust Bucket cut short by super villains and their evil, world - threatening plans.
Dorothy Cross Whale, 2011 Cuvier whale skeleton, cord, wood,
rusted bucket and marble plinth dimensions variable
He didn't see
a rust bucket of a pick - up that was beyond repair.