English Dictionary

scrape the bottom of the barrel

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything better

日本語の意味

他により良い選択肢がないため、やむを得ず最悪のものを選ぶこと / 利用可能な選択肢がなく、質の低いものに甘んじること

After months of searching and with a tight budget, we had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and hire the least experienced candidate.

数か月探した末、予算が厳しかったので、仕方なく最も経験の浅い候補者を採用した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything better

They must really have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they couldn't find a better design than that.

scrapes the bottom of the barrel （ present singular third-person ）

scraping the bottom of the barrel （ participle present ）

scraped the bottom of the barrel （ participle past ）

scraped the bottom of the barrel （ past ）