Proper noun
The Scum
(chiefly Liverpool) The Sun newspaper.
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. G. K. Chesterton
Only a complete moral idiot can believe for an instant that we are fighting against the wretched of the earth. We are fighting, as I said before, against the scum of the earth. Christopher Hitchens
In any broth, the scum always rises to the top. David Gemmell
This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away. Rumi
Boil the water and the scum will rise to the top. Berber Proverb