chopping block

He rants to his friends about how the government “can’t cancel a show” and wonders what might be next on the chopping block.

The California Air Resources Board administers its own state-level greenhouse gas reporting program that in some ways exceeds that of the federal program now on the chopping block.

And it’s not just newspapers being gutted; your favorite late-night talk show is on the chopping block, too.

“The whole area is on the chopping block at this point.”

“You constantly think about the outcome once you call it or once it’s called for you. I could end up on the chopping block, who knows. That was brought to the fore during ‘SNL 50.’