scrape (the bottom of) the barrel

成語所屬單字barrel

scrape (the bottom of) the barrel — 慣用語

1. To use the least desirable or lowest quality options because better ones are not

1.慣用語
釋義

退而求其次

To use the least desirable or lowest quality options because better ones are not available.

例句

Hiring that intern felt like scraping the bottom of the barrel.

With no good candidates left, the team was scraping the bottom of the barrel.