How to Pronounce "the bottom of the barrel"
expression
thuh BAH-tuhm uhv thuh BAH-ruhl
thuh BOT-um uhv thuh BAIR-uhl
Definition
This expression means the least desirable people or things in a group, or what is left when all the best options are gone.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbɑtəm/ /ˈəv/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbæɹəɫ/, /ˈbɛɹəɫ
British English
ðə, ði/ /bˈɒtəm/ /ˈɒv/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈæɹəl
Simplified Pronunciation
US
thuh BAH-tuhm uhv thuh BAH-ruhl
UK
thuh BOT-um uhv thuh BAIR-uhl
Listen in Context
We hired the last worker from the bottom of the barrel.
At the sale, all that was left was the bottom of the barrel.
This team is really the bottom of the barrel this year.
Honestly, his jokes are the bottom of the barrel.