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touch bottom
touch bottom
Reach the lowest point, as in During the recession the economists kept saying that we hadn't touched bottom yet. This metaphor for reaching the ground under a body of water has been used since the mid-1800s.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Baruch | | bə-ROOK (English), BER-ook (English), BAR-ook (English), BAHR-ook (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |
| Brigid | | - | Irish, Irish Mythology |
| Hideaki | | hee-de-ah-kee | Japanese |
| Aphrodisia | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Ngawang | | - | Tibetan, Bhutanese |
| Gareth | | GAR-əth (Welsh, English) | Welsh, English (British), Arthurian Romance |