be scraping the barrel Идиома

a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

cash on the barrelhead

"pay cash to the owner at the time of purchase; cold, hard cash" "The old man said, ""To buy my pony you'll have to pay $300 - cash on the barrelhead."""

lock, stock and barrel

everything, kit and caboodle They took everything in the shed - lock, stock and barrel.

over a barrel

in a helpless or trapped position I think that we have them over a barrel and should be able to win the contract easily.

scrape the bottom of the barrel

use the last ones or the worst ones, seconds He's a bad referee. We scraped the bottom of the barrel to find him.

shooting fish in a barrel

a task that is too easy, a game without challenge We won 18-2. It was like shooting fish in a barrel.

over a/the barrel

in a helpless condition；trapped受牵制的；无能为力
I have to obey him because he's got me over a barrel．我被他所控制，只好服从他。

over the barrel

in a helpless condition；trapped受牵制的；无能为力
I have to obey him because he's got me over a barrel．我被他所控制，只好服从他。

lock, stock, and barrel

Idiom(s): lock, stock, and barrel

Theme: EVERYTHING

everything. (Fixed order.)
• We had to move everything out of the house—lock, stock, and barrel.
• We lost everything—lock, stock, and barrel—in the fire.

let sb have it with both barrels

Idiom(s): let sb have it (with both barrels)

Theme: SCOLDING

to strike someone or attack someone verbally. (Informal. With both barrels simply intensifies the phrase.)
• I really let Tom have it with both barrels. I told him he had better not do that again if he knows what's good for him.
• Bob let John have it—right on the chin.

be abrading the barrel

To be application or selecting from the aftermost or affliction of the assets or options from a accurate ambit or set, alike if they are not satisfactory, because there are no others to acquire from. We acclimated to get hundreds of able candidates, but afresh I feel like we've been abrading the butt with the applicants we accompany in. A: "These were the best you could get?" B: "Sorry, the alternative was already best through, so I was absolutely abrading the butt alike to acquisition those."Learn more: barrel, scrape

be abrading the barrel

be abrading the basal of the barrel

If addition is abrading the barrel or is abrading the basal of the barrel, they are application article or accomplishing article that is not good, because they cannot anticipate of annihilation bigger to use or do. They charge absolutely be abrading the butt if they appetite to apply him! The bold designers were abrading the basal of the butt for account back they came up with this one. I can acquire him shouting at me, but now he's absolutely abrading the butt by criticizing our players.Learn more: barrel, scrape

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More Idioms/Phrases

let sth slide let sth ride let sth out let one's hair down let sb off the hook let sb off let sb in on let sb have it with both barrels let sb go let sb down let oneself go let grass grow under one's feet let go with

be scraping the barrel Идиома

a barrel of laughs

cash on the barrelhead

lock, stock and barrel

over a barrel

scrape the bottom of the barrel

shooting fish in a barrel

over a/the barrel

over the barrel

lock, stock, and barrel

let sb have it with both barrels

be abrading the barrel

be abrading the barrel

be abrading the basal of the barrel

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