Scrape-the-bottom-of-the-barrel Definition
verb
(idiomatic) To use the least desirable parts of something.
They must really have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they couldn't find a better design than that.
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Origin of Scrape-the-bottom-of-the-barrel
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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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