1. Other than that, throw this one in the circular file and forget about it. 2. James tossed it in the circular file without showing the team, according to Faldo. 3. In a workplace setting, a bin may be euphemistically called " the circular file ". 4. They should be tossed in the nearest circular file . 5. Despite these major mistakes, " Secretary " isn't an automatic candidate for the circular file . 6. Baron politely stuffed the ideas in a circular file . 7. Conversely, the attitudes at Penn State, Alabama and Southern Cal have been in the circular file . 8. And the stack of carefully written policy statements and surveys will end up in the circular file . 9. But what made sense in theory was madness for political career survival; the report went into the circular file . 10. That answer, of course, was the kiss of death, and the recipe found its way to the circular file .