scrape the bottom of the barrel
To get stuck with the very last pick or settle for something of extremely low quality.
Joe said he'd come to the big party with a bunch of hoes, but we knew he was really scraping the bottom of the barrel when he showed up holding a bunch of garden tools.
scraping the bottom of the barrel
1. To get stuck with the very last pick or settle for something of extremely low quality.
2. Having run out of all other good ideas, to settle for an extremely low quality, crappy, or poor idea.
2. Having run out of all other good ideas, to settle for an extremely low quality, crappy, or poor idea.
Did you hear about "The Smurfs"? Hollywood must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel with that movie.