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to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel
to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel
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to have no option but to make use of people or things of very poor quality
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Idiom
Informal
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With the pantry nearly empty, the family had to scrape the barrel for dinner, making a meal out of the few ingredients left in the kitchen.
