SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL

Meaning of SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL in English

use the last ones or the worst ones

He's a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to find him.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SCRAPE (THE BOTTOM OF) THE BARREL — ( disapproving ) to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — see barrel
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — see barrel
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SCRAPE 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 …
Slang English vocab
SCRAPE 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 …
Словарь английских идиом
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 …
English Idioms vocab
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — v. phr. , informal To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — наскрести, с трудом набрать
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SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — наскрести, с трудом набрать
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SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — expr infml That's really scraping the bottom of the barrel — Дожились называется They must really have scraped the bottom of the …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — expr infml That's really scraping the bottom of the barrel — Дожились называется They must really have scraped the bottom …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — scrape the bottom of the barrel expr infml That's really scraping the bottom of the barrel Дожились называется They must …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — That's really scraping the bottom of the barrel — Дожились называется They must really have scraped the bottom of the …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SCRAPE — I. ˈskrāp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English scrapen to scrape, erase, from Old Norse skrapa to scrape; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOTTOM — I. ˈbäd.əm, -ätəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English botme, from Old English botm; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARREL — I. ˈbarəl also ˈber- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English barell, barel, from Middle French baril 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCRAPE — (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRAPE — (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRAPE — ( v. t. ) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPE — ( n. ) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPE — — scrapable , adj. — scrapeage , n. /skrayp/ , v. , scraped, scraping , n. v.t. 1. to deprive …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOTTOM — /bot"euhm/ , n. 1. the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARREL — /bar"euhl/ , n. , v. , barreled, barreling or ( esp. Brit. ) barrelled, barrelling . n. 1. a cylindrical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPE — I. ˈskrāp verb ( scraped ; scrap·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skrapa; akin to Old English scrapian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOTTOM — I. ˈbä-təm noun Etymology: Middle English botme, from Old English botm; akin to Old High German bodam bottom, Latin fundus, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCRAPE — vt to remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). 2. scrape ·vi to play awkwardly and inharmoniously on …
Webster English vocab
BOTTOM — noun the fundament; the buttocks. 2. bottom ·noun an abyss. 3. bottom ·noun dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. 4. bottom …
Webster English vocab
BARREL — noun a jar. 2. barrel ·noun the hollow basal part of a feather. 3. barrel ·vt to put or to …
Webster English vocab
SCRAPE — [scrape] vb scraped ; scrap.ing [ME, fr. ON skrapa; akin to OE scrapian to scrape, L scrobis ditch, Russ skresti …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOTTOM — [bot.tom] n [ME botme, fr. OE botm; akin to OHG bodam bottom, L fundus, Gk pythmen] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BARREL — [bar.rel] n [ME barel, fr. MF baril] (14c) 1: a round bulging vessel of greater length than breadth that is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BARREL — large, bulging cylindrical container of sturdy construction traditionally made from wooden staves and wooden or metal hoops. The term is …
Britannica English vocabulary
BARREL — barrel BrE AmE ˈbær ə l ˈber- ▷ barrel|ed, ~led d ▷ barrel|ing, ~ling ɪŋ ▷ barrel|s z ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCRAPE — / skreɪp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb REMOVE 1. to remove sth from a surface by moving sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOTTOM — / ˈbɒtəm; NAmE ˈbɑːtəm/ noun , adjective , verb ■ noun LOWEST PART 1. [ C , usually sing. ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARREL — / ˈbærəl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a large round container, usually made of wood or metal, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRAPE — I. scrape 1 /skreɪp/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: skrapa ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOTTOM — I. bot ‧ tom 1 S1 W3 /ˈbɒtəm $ ˈbɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: botm …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BARREL — I. bar ‧ rel 1 /ˈbærəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: baril …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOTTOM — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a the lowest point or part (bottom of the stairs). b the part on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BARREL — n. & v. --n. 1 a cylindrical container usu. bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCRAPE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a move a hard or sharp edge across (a surface), esp. to make something …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOTTOM — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a the lowest point or part (bottom of the stairs). b the part on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BARREL — n. & v. n. 1 a cylindrical container usu. bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCRAPE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a move a hard or sharp edge across (a surface), esp. to make something …
Oxford English vocab
BOTTOM — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a the lowest point or part (bottom of the stairs). b the part on …
Oxford English vocab
BARREL — n. & v. --n. 1. a cylindrical container usu. bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves with …
Oxford English vocab
SCRAPE — ( scrapes, scraping, scraped) 1. If you scrape something from a surface, you remove it, especially by pulling a sharp …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOTTOM — ( bottoms, bottoming, bottomed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The bottom …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARREL — ( barrels, barrelling, barrelled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: in AM, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRAPE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES scrape off/away paint (= take most of the paint off a surface using a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOTTOM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at the bottom of the pecking order ▪ Nobody wants to be at the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BARREL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a barrel of beer (= a large container containing beer ) ▪ He bought …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCRAPE — (SUCCEED) [verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition] - to only just be successful in gettingShe scraped into university on …
Cambridge English vocab
SCRAPE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRAPE — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully , gently ▪ She carefully ~d away the top layer of paint. ▪ away , back …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BOTTOM — INDEX: 1. the lowest part of something 2. the lowest one of two or more things that are on top …
Longman Activator English vocab
SCRAPE — n. 25B6; verb we scraped all the paint off the windows : ABRADE, grate, sand, sandpaper, scour, scratch, rub, file, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOTTOM
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRAPE — v. 1 abrade, graze, scratch, bark, scuff, skin, bruise, damage, injure I scraped my knee on the pavement when I …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SCRAPE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOTTOM
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BARREL — 1. сущ. 1) бочка, бочонок; перен. "содержимое бочонка", выпивка barrel fever barrel roll 2) баррель (мера жидких, сыпучих и некоторых …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCRAPE
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