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
Stacia	-	English
Crowley	['krəuli:]
Jude (2)	JOOD	English
Kofi	-	Western African, Akan
Hideyoshi	hee-de-yo-shee	Japanese
Elian	-	Dutch