to scrape the bottom
1scrape the bottom of the barrel — {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 …
2scrape the bottom of the barrel — {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 …
3scrape 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… …
4scrape (the bottom of) the barrel — scrape (the bottom of) the ˈbarrel idiom (disapproving) to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available Main entry: ↑scrapeidiom …
5scrape\ the\ bottom\ of\ the\ barrel — 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 …
6scrape the bottom of the barrel — If you scrape the bottom of the barrel, you use the worst or the least satisfactory ideas, things or people because you have no choice. When they started to recruit, they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel because the best people has… …
7scrape the bottom of the barrel — ► scrape the barrel (or the bottom of the barrel) informal be reduced to using the last and poorest resources. Main Entry: ↑scrape …
8scrape 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… …
9scrape 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 …
10scrape 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 …
