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To scrape the barrel 意思是在沒有更好選擇的情況下處於無奈只能濫竽充數，將就湊合。

例句

You chose Mark to represent us at the meeting? That's really scraping the barrel.

A: What are you wearing to the wedding?
B: The same dress as last time. I know I'm scraping the barrel. I just can't afford anything new!

請注意

如果某事被形容為 a barrel of laughs 那就意味著這件事很搞笑。這個短語常被用在否定句中。

資料來源': http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukchina/simp/elt/english_now/2014/02/140220_todays_phrase_scraping_barrel.shtml