- scraping the barrel
- Scraping the barrelWhen all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel.
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scraping the barrel
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scraping the barrel — When all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Scraping the barrel — When all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel … Dictionary of English idioms
the bottom of the barrel — see ↑bottom, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑barrel the bottom of the barrel : the lowest possible condition, level, etc. After the divorce, Tim felt he had reached/hit the bottom of the barrel. The excessive coverage of the scandal signals … Useful english dictionary
(the) bottom of the barrel — the worst or least able members of a particular group. He described them as the bottom of the barrel of American society. There were only 40 students in the new class, and I think the admissions office was getting to the bottom of the barrel.… … New idioms dictionary
scrape the barrel — informal to use something or someone that you do not want to use because nothing or no one else is available. You know you re really scraping the barrel when you have to ask your old mother to come to the cinema with you. (usually in continuous… … New idioms dictionary
scrape the bottom of the barrel — tv. to tilize the last or only things or people available, even if unsatisfactory. (See also bottom of the barrel.) □ They were really scraping the bottom of the barrel when they picked you. □ You scraped the bottom of the barrel for this one. I… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
scrape the bottom of the barrel — informal phrase to use or do something that you know is not very good, because you do not have anything better They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with these latest recruits. Thesaurus: to use something, or to be usedsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
scrape the bottom of the barrel — verb To use the least desirable parts of something. They must really have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they couldnt find a better design than that … Wiktionary
scrape the bottom of the barrel — take whatever is left after the best has been taken They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel if they must give him a job … Idioms and examples
