scrape the barrel Идиома

a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

cash on the barrelhead

"pay cash to the owner at the time of purchase; cold, hard cash" "The old man said, ""To buy my pony you'll have to pay $300 - cash on the barrelhead."""

lock, stock and barrel

everything, kit and caboodle They took everything in the shed - lock, stock and barrel.

over a barrel

in a helpless or trapped position I think that we have them over a barrel and should be able to win the contract easily.

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.

shooting fish in a barrel

a task that is too easy, a game without challenge We won 18-2. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.

over a/the barrel

in a helpless condition；trapped受牵制的；无能为力
I have to obey him because he's got me over a barrel．我被他所控制，只好服从他。

over the barrel

in a helpless condition；trapped受牵制的；无能为力
I have to obey him because he's got me over a barrel．我被他所控制，只好服从他。

lock, stock, and barrel

Idiom(s): lock, stock, and barrel

Theme: EVERYTHING

everything. (Fixed order.)
• We had to move everything out of the house—lock, stock, and barrel.
• We lost everything—lock, stock, and barrel—in the fire.

let sb have it with both barrels

Idiom(s): let sb have it (with both barrels)

Theme: SCOLDING

to strike someone or attack someone verbally. (Informal. With both barrels simply intensifies the phrase.)
• I really let Tom have it with both barrels. I told him he had better not do that again if he knows what's good for him.
• Bob let John have it—right on the chin.

scrape the barrel

To use or baddest from the aftermost or affliction of the assets or options from a accurate ambit or set, alike if they are not satisfactory, because there are no others to accept from. We acclimated to get hundreds of able candidates, but afresh I feel like we've been abrading the butt with the applicants we accompany in. A: "These were the best you could get?" B: "Sorry, the alternative was already best through, so I absolutely had to scrape the butt alike to acquisition those."Learn more: barrel, scrape

scrape the butt (or the basal of the barrel)

be bargain to application things or bodies of the atomic affection because there is annihilation abroad available. informalLearn more: barrel, scrape

scrape (the basal of) the ˈbarrel

(disapproving) use things or bodies of a low affection because all the acceptable ones accept already been used: TV is abhorrent at the moment, it’s annihilation but old movies. They’re absolutely abrading the barrel, aren’t they?Learn more: barrel, scrape

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let sth slide let sth ride let sth out let one's hair down let sb off the hook let sb off let sb in on let sb have it with both barrels let sb go let sb down let oneself go let grass grow under one's feet let go with scrag scraggy scram scramble scramble for scramble for (something) scrambled eggs scrap scrape scrape (someone or something) up off (something) scrape (something) away from (something) scrape (something) off of (something) scrape (something) out of (something) scrape acquaintance with scrape acquaintance with (someone) scrape along scrape along on (something) scrape along with (something) scrape an acquaintance with somebody scrape away scrape away at (something) scrape by scrape off scrape out scrape out of scrape the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape through scrape together scrape up scrape up an acquaintance scrape up an acquaintance with (someone) scratch scratch (one's) back scratch (one's) head scratch (something) and you'll find (something else) scratch A and you'll find B scratch about scratch and find scratch around scratch at scratch at (something) scratch away scratch away at (something) scratch back scratch for (oneself) scratch from scratch from (something) scratch off scratch one's head scratch out