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1 scrape the barrel
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel по сусекам поскрестиIn the last days of the Third Reich, the German home guard was forced to scrape the barrel and recruit even children and old men.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > scrape the barrel
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2 scrape the barrel
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3 scrape the barrel
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel разг наскрести́ по сусе́камThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > scrape the barrel
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4 scrape the barrel
разг.быть вынужденным использовать последние возможности, ресурсы; наскрести, с трудом набрать ( отсюда barrel-scraper и barrel-scraping)‘We're scrapin' the barrel,’ he added dryly. (N. Mailer, ‘The Naked and the Dead’, part II, ch. 5) — - Посылать практически некого, мы с трудом подыскиваем людей, - сухо заметил Крофт.
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5 scrape the barrel
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > scrape the barrel
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6 scrape the barrel
Разговорное выражение: с трудом набрать необходимую сумму -
7 scrape the barrel
с трудом набрать необходимую сумму, «скрести по сусекам»Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > scrape the barrel
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8 scrape the barrel
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10 scrape\ the\ barrel
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11 to scrape the barrel
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12 scrape the bottom of the barrel
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel по сусекам поскрестиIn the last days of the Third Reich, the German home guard was forced to scrape the barrel and recruit even children and old men.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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13 scrape the bottom of the barrel
разг.; = scrape the barrelиспользовать последние возможности, последние ресурсыWe are scraping the bottom of the barrel to find sites, no matter how small, to build on. — Мы используем последние возможности, стараясь найти хотя бы небольшие участки для строительства.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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14 scrape the bottom of the barrel
expr infmlThey must really have scraped the bottom of the barrel to dig him up — Они что, лучше никого не могли найти?!
If they gave him the job, they must have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel — Если уж они ему дали эту работу, значит, у них совсем плохо с людьми
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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15 scrape the bottom of the barrel
(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) tocar fondoexpr.• no quedarle a uno más recursos expr.English-spanish dictionary > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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16 scrape the bottom of the barrel
(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) skrabe bunden* * *(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) skrabe bunden -
17 scrape the (bottom of the) barrel
paзг.иcпoльзoвaть пocлeдниe вoзмoжнocти, пocлeдниe pecуpcыWe are scraping the bottom of the barrel to find sites, no matter how small, to build on (Daily Worker). The country is so short of teachers that the government has been scraping the bottom of the barrel: some of the new teachers have very poor qualificationsConcise English-Russian phrasebook > scrape the (bottom of the) barrel
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18 scrape the bottom of the barrel
(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) neyðast til að grípa til sísta kosts/leikmannsEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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19 scrape the bottom of the barrel
(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) a végső tartalékhoz nyúlEnglish-Hungarian dictionary > scrape the bottom of the barrel
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20 scrape the bottom of the barrel
(to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available: We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel.) chegar ao fundo QUERYEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > scrape the bottom of the barrel
См. также в других словарях:
scrape the barrel — ► scrape the barrel (or the bottom of the barrel) informal be reduced to using the last and poorest resources. Main Entry: ↑scrape … English terms dictionary
scrape the barrel (or the bottom of the barrel) — informal be reduced to using the last and poorest resources. → scrape … English new terms dictionary
scrape the barrel — informal to use something or someone that you do not want to use because nothing or no one else is available. You know you re really scraping the barrel when you have to ask your old mother to come to the cinema with you. (usually in continuous… … New idioms dictionary
scrape the barrel — v. be compelled to use one s last resource (when a person has exhausted his resources) … English contemporary dictionary
scrape the bottom of the barrel — ► scrape the barrel (or the bottom of the barrel) informal be reduced to using the last and poorest resources. Main Entry: ↑scrape … English terms dictionary
scrape the bottom of the barrel — {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with … Dictionary of American idioms
scrape the bottom of the barrel — {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with … Dictionary of American idioms
scrape the bottom of the barrel — informal phrase to use or do something that you know is not very good, because you do not have anything better They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with these latest recruits. Thesaurus: to use something, or to be usedsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
(the) bottom of the barrel — the worst or least able members of a particular group. He described them as the bottom of the barrel of American society. There were only 40 students in the new class, and I think the admissions office was getting to the bottom of the barrel.… … New idioms dictionary
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel — scrape (the bottom of) the ˈbarrel idiom (disapproving) to have to use whatever things or people you can get, because there is not much choice available Main entry: ↑scrapeidiom … Useful english dictionary
scrape\ the\ bottom\ of\ the\ barrel — v. phr. informal To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with nickels … Словарь американских идиом