Cómo Pronunciar "scrape the bottom of the barrel"
expression
Definición
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.
Transcripción IPA
Inglés Americano
ˈskɹeɪp/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbɑtəm/ /ˈəv/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbæɹəɫ/, /ˈbɛɹəɫ
Inglés Británico
skɹˈeɪp/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈɒtəm/ /ˈɒv/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈæɹəl
Pronunciación Simplificada
EE.UU.
SKRAYP thuh BAH-tuhm uhv thuh BAIR-uhl
UK
sk-RAYP thuh BOT-um ov thuh BARR-ul
Escucha en Contexto
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.