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كيف تنطق "scrape the bottom of the barrel"

expression

SKRAYP thuh BAH-tuhm uhv thuh BAIR-uhl
sk-RAYP thuh BOT-um ov thuh BARR-ul

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.

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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.