كيف تنطق "scrape the bottom of the barrel"
expression
التعريف
To use whatever is left, even if it is of low quality, because you have no other choices. It means you are running out of good options and must accept the worst or least desirable only because nothing better is available.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈskɹeɪp/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbɑtəm/ /ˈəv/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbæɹəɫ/, /ˈbɛɹəɫ
الإنجليزية البريطانية
skɹˈeɪp/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈɒtəm/ /ˈɒv/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈæɹəl
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
SKRAYP thuh BAH-tuhm uhv thuh BAIR-uhl
بريطاني
sk-RAYP thuh BOT-um ov thuh BARR-ul
استمع في السياق
After all the good players left, the team had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for replacements.
The chef had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to make dinner with only a few leftovers.
With no good ideas left, they started to scrape the bottom of the barrel for solutions.
We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel if he's our best option now.