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scrape the bottom of the barrel

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  • verb idiomatic To use the least desirable parts of something.

Etymologies

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Derived from the historical practice in the early United States of storing food in barrels; when food supplies ran low, only what was on the very bottom of the barrel remained, and had to be removed by scraping.

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