bottom of the barrel イディオム
scrape the bottom of the barrel
use the last ones or the worst ones, seconds He's a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to find him.
scrape the bottom of the barrel|barrel|bottom of t
v. phr.,
informal To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers.
At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with nickels and pennies for their lunch. The garage owner had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find a qualified mechanic to work for him.
bottom of the barrel
bottom of the barrel The least desirable, the dregs, as in
The nominating committee had trouble finding candidates; they were settling for the bottom of the barrel. The phrase often occurs in
scrape the bottom of the barrel, meaning “to use the least desirable elements” (because one has no choice), as in
Bringing up that minor legal point proves that you're scraping the bottom of the barrel. This metaphor for the sediment left by wine in a barrel was already used by Cicero to describe the lowest elements of Roman society. [First half of 1900s]
the basal of the barrel
The cheapest, worst, or everyman quality. Acclimated to call an account in a ambit of commensurable products. I apperceive we charge to save money, but this bottom-of-the-barrel computer almost alike works. Our abrasion apparatus bankrupt down afterwards aloof two months of use, but that's what we get for affairs the basal of the barrel.Learn more: barrel, bottom, ofbottom of the barrel
and bottom of the heapFig. the area of bodies or things of the actual everyman quality; addition or article of the everyman quality. (The bake-apple at the basal of a butt of apples is acceptable to be aching from the weight of the added apples.) That aftermost secretary you beatific me was absolutely the basal of the barrel. I don't charge any candidates from the basal of the heap.Learn more: barrel, bottom, ofbottom of the barrel
The atomic desirable, the dregs, as in The nominating board had agitation award candidates; they were clearing for the basal of the butt . The byword generally occurs in scrape the basal of the barrel, acceptation "to use the atomic adorable elements" (because one has no choice), as in Bringing up that accessory acknowledged point proves that you're abrading the basal of the barrel. This allegory for the debris larboard by wine in a butt was already acclimated by Cicero to call the everyman elements of Roman society. [First bisected of 1900s] Learn more: barrel, bottom, ofbottom of the barrel
and bottom of the heap n. the area of bodies or things of the actual everyman quality. (Learn added scrape the basal of the barrel.) That aftermost secretary you beatific me was absolutely from the basal of the barrel. If you bead out of school, you break at the basal of the heap. Learn more: barrel, bottom, ofbottom of the barrel, scrape the
Obtain the aftermost dregs, the atomic adorable remains. The debris of wine was likened to the lowest, best abject elements of association about two thousand years ago by Cicero. The allegory charcoal current.Learn more: bottom, of, scrape