bottom of the barrel
Example Sentences
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Nygren is a value-stock investor, but that does not mean he scrapes the bottom of the barrel for the cheapest stocks.
From MarketWatch
The bottom of the barrel has not yet been reached, warned Mr Lodewijks.
From BBC
After spending two seasons scraping the bottom of the barrel, Carrie has turned her newfound status as just any average woman into a horrific stab at autofiction with her new novel, set in 1846 New York City, where she writes thinly veiled musings about her life.
From Salon
“No one else would deal with them. Literally, I was not bottom of the barrel, darling — I was underneath the barrel. It was desperation.”
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, he’s struck out 41 times and hits a whopping .153, comfortably bottom of the barrel in the Dodgers lineup.
From Los Angeles Times
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