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	Pronounced	Usage
Claudine	[klɔ:'di:n]
Ira (1)	IE-rə (English)	Biblical, English, Hebrew
BjÖRn	BYUURN (Swedish, German), PYUURN (Icelandic)	Swedish, Icelandic, German, Ancient Scandinavian
Miep	MEEP	Dutch
VeslemØY	-	Norwegian
Harris	['hæris]