scrape the barrel



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.
See also: barrel, scrape

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sovanna-Khmer
Tillie['tili]
Devadas-Indian, Hindi
CÉLinese-LEENFrench
LarrieLER-ee, LAR-eeEnglish
Meyer-Hebrew