SCRAPE (THE BOTTOM OF) THE BARREL

Meaning of SCRAPE (THE BOTTOM OF) THE BARREL in English

( disapproving ) to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — use the last ones or the worst ones He's a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to …
English Idioms vocabulary
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
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — наскрести, с трудом набрать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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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