scrape the barrel

(informal)

to use something or someone that you do not want to use because nothing or no one else is available (usually in continuous tenses) You know you're really scraping the barrel when you have to ask your old mother to come to the cinema with you.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Methoataske	-	Native American, Shawnee
Irma	EER-mah (German, Finnish), UR-mə (English)	German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient G
Gunnar	GOON-nahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Andries	AHN-drees	Dutch
Liisu	LEE:-soo	Estonian
Sigdag	-	Ancient Germanic