Synonyms for chopping block
chop·ping block

Princeton's WordNet

1. chopping blocknoun

   a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split

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1. Joe Biden:

   The very idea a senator from Florida wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block every five years, I find to be somewhat outrageous, so outrageous that you might not even believe it, but that’s what he said.

2. Senate Republican Leader Jean Fuller:

   What is clear is that ambitious and expensive pet programs like high-speed rail may be on the chopping block if these auction results continue.

3. Chris Murphy:

   This revolving door of American leadership is devastating to our nation's security as our allies now turn to more stable nations -- like China and Russia -- as our foreign policy infrastructure falls apart, john Bolton was the wrong choice and the silver lining to this instability is that there will be fewer people whispering war chants in the president's ear. But no one of any quality is going to take a job in the nation's national security cabinet so long as everyone's head is permanently hovering slightly above the chopping block.

4. Joe Biden:

   The very idea the senator from Florida wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block every five years I find to be somewhat outrageous. So outrageous that you might not even believe it.

5. Peter Moyle:

   It is a very delicate fish, but it’s just the first fish on the chopping block if we don’t manage the delta properly.