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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Scrape the barrel
Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Scrape the barrel

A.

Trying to find something

B.

Hiding something

C.

Using all the ways to achieve the desired result

D.

To be forced to use one's last and weakest resource

Correct option is D

The correct meaning of the idiom "Scrape the barrel" is "To be forced to use one's last and weakest resource".

  • Scrape the barrel: This idiom refers to being in a situation where all the best options or resources have been used, and one is left with only the least desirable or weakest choices.
  • Example: After spending all the skilled workers, they had to scrape the barrel and hire untrained labourers.

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