scrape the bottom of the barrel: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    generalinformalpejorative
    • To make use of the least desirable or lowest-quality people or things available because better options have been exhausted.
    • To resort to desperate or substandard choices when all preferable alternatives are unavailable.

    Examples

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    • With most of the top players injured, the coach had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and recruit inexperienced rookies.

      Con la mayoría de los mejores jugadores lesionados, el entrenador tuvo que recurrir a los menos experimentados y reclutar novatos.

    • The film’s poor reviews suggest they really scraped the bottom of the barrel when casting the lead role.

      Las malas críticas de la película sugieren que realmente escogieron a los peores para el papel principal.

    • After the budget cuts, the company had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to fill the vacancies.

      Después de los recortes presupuestarios, la empresa tuvo que recurrir a las opciones menos ideales para cubrir las vacantes.

Examples:

  • EN: I realize in war time they have to scrape the bottom of the barrel but where'd they ever scrape you up?
    ES: Ya sé que en tiempos de guerra hay que rascar hasta el fondo del barril... ..pero ¿de donde salió usted?
  • EN: You propose we scrape the bottom of the barrel for 12 of our worst kids.
    ES: ¿Propones que raspemos el fondo del barril por 12 de nuestros peores chicos?
  • EN: I do feel that if my honourable friend continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel for objections, he is in danger of getting splinters under his fingernails.
    ES: Siento que si mi honorable amigo continua raspando el fondo del barril en busca de objeciones, va a acabar con astillas debajo de sus uñas.
    ID: Saya merasa bahwa jika teman saya yang terhormat, ...terus mengikis bagian bawah dari tong 'keberatan', ...dia dalam bahaya karena mendapat serpihan di bawah kukunya.
  • EN: Who'd you scrape the bottom of the barrel and find?
    ES: ¿Buscaron al fondo de un barril para encontrar a alguien?
    ID: Kalian mengais dan dapat siapa?
  • EN: Time to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
    ES: Hora del último recurso.
  • EN: Development Program of the Far East: scrape the bottom of the barrel
    HI: सुदूर पूर्व का विकास कार्यक्रमः बैरल के नीचे परिमार्जन
  • EN: Then he really will have to scrape the bottom of the barrel, in order to invalidate Obama.
    HI: इसी लिए वो नखरे करता हुआ किसी न किसी तरह बहाने ढूंढता था देवा के नीचे पीसने के लिए।
  • EN: Low-end, budget point-and-shoots tend to either scrape the bottom of the barrel in the hardware department, or offer one or two stand-out features while plastering the cheapest parts on the rest of the camera.
    TE: తక్కువ-ముగింపు, బడ్జెట్ పాయింట్-అండ్-షెల్స్ హార్డ్వేర్ విభాగంలో బారెల్ దిగువను కొట్టడం లేదా కెమెరాలోని ఇతర భాగాలలో చౌకైన భాగాలను ప్లాస్టరింగ్ చేస్తున్నప్పుడు ఒకటి లేదా రెండు స్టాండ్-అవుట్ ఫీచర్లను అందిస్తాయి.

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