"to scrape the bottom of the barrel"
definition: to use the very last and worst of your resources, opinions (because there is no choice)
(brát poslední z posledního)
example: "Asking your sister to go to the cinema with you, is really scraping the bottom of the barrel"
origin: This phrase refers to the sediment left by wine in a barrel, and was first used by Cicero to describe the lowest elements of Roman society.
definition: to use the very last and worst of your resources, opinions (because there is no choice)
(brát poslední z posledního)
example: "Asking your sister to go to the cinema with you, is really scraping the bottom of the barrel"
origin: This phrase refers to the sediment left by wine in a barrel, and was first used by Cicero to describe the lowest elements of Roman society.
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