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.