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
Azra	-	Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Mirinda	mee-REEN-dah	Esperanto
Democritus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Laleh	-	Persian
Teobaldo	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Matthew	MATH-yoo (English)	English, Biblical