what does dinosaur mean in "the policy is a dinosaur"

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The EEC's Common Agricultural policy is a dinosaur which is adding 13.5 pounds a week to the food bill of the average British family.

what dose dinosaur mean here?

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Outmoded, unweildy, an idea which should have been dead a long time ago.
An anachronism.

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@Io ,

Io wrote:

The EEC's Common Agricultural policy is a dinosaur which is adding 13.5 pounds a week
to the food bill of the average British family.

what dose dinosaur mean here?

Obsolete and, in this context, possibly that it is a drain on resources.
(The dinosaur is too hungry; expensive to feed.)

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@Io ,

This is not to imply that the 13.5 pound GE flying dinosaurs' bills will end up as a dose of fertiliser for some mealy-mouthed meat substitute.

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@laughoutlood,

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This is not to imply that the 13.5 pound GE flying dinosaurs' bills
will end up as a dose of fertiliser for some mealy-mouthed meat substitute.

"GE" = General Electric ??

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Did I spell "unwieldy" wrongly? Sorry.

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

"GE" = General Electric ??

laughoutloud is just trolling. maybe he is stoned.

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@McTag,

I always wondered. In fact, I still wonder if some people mean big and powerful.

what does dinosaur mean in "the policy is a dinosaur"

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