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to scrape the bottom of the barrel

  • 1 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.) postrgati z dna posode

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  • 2 scrape

    [skreip] 1. verb
    1) (to rub against something sharp or rough, usually causing damage: He drove too close to the wall and scraped his car.) opraskati
    2) (to clean, clear or remove by rubbing with something sharp: He scraped his boots clean; He scraped the paint off the door.) ostrgati
    3) (to make a harsh noise by rubbing: Stop scraping your feet!) škripati
    4) (to move along something while just touching it: The boat scraped against the landing-stage.) podrgniti
    5) (to make by scraping: The dog scraped a hole in the sand.) izgrebsti
    2. noun
    1) (an act or sound of scraping.) praskanje; škripanje
    2) (a mark or slight wound made by scraping: a scrape on the knee.) praska
    3) (a situation that may lead to punishment: The child is always getting into scrapes.) nevšečnost
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    - scrape the bottom of the barrel
    - scrape through
    - scrape together/up
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    I [skréip]
    noun
    strganje, praskanje; slang britje; škripanje ( of a pen peresa); praska; figuratively škripci, stiska, zadrega, težava, nevšečnost; tanko namazana plast (masla)
    in a scrape figuratively v škripcih, v stiski
    bread and scrape — kos kruha, namazan s tanko plastjo masla
    a bow and a scrape — neroden poklon, spremljan s podrsavanjem noge
    to get into a scrape figuratively priti v škripce
    to get s.o. into a scrape — spraviti koga v neprijeten položaj
    to get out of a scrape — izvleči se iz zadrege (nevšečnosti, stiske, škripcev)
    II [skréip]
    transitive verb
    (o)strgati, ostružiti, (iz)praskati; slang (o)briti; nastrgati, grebsti, škripati; cviliti (z godalom), gosti; intransitive verb strgati, škripati; skopariti, biti lakomen; figuratively slabo igrati violino; drgniti se ( against ob); figuratively s težavo se prebijati
    to scrape (an) acquaintance with s.o. — vsiliti komu svoje poznanstvo, s silo se seznaniti s kom
    to bow and scrape — nerodno se pokloniti, figuratively nerodno ali neotesano se obnašati
    to scrape one's chin colloquially briti se
    to scrape the bottom of the barrel figuratively slang porabiti zadnje ostanke svojih sredstev

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