bottom of the barrel

People are having to scrap the bottom of the barrel of optimism right now.

Lal was at the bottom of the barrel, the last-string receiver on the freshman B team.

“This is a result of malign neglect from public officials, electeds, different agencies of the city, the mayor. This is why Watts continues to be at the bottom of the barrel and continues to experience abject poverty.”

Another witness for the plaintiff, industrial hygienist Stephen Petty, said that N95 masks would be “bottom of the barrel” protection for engineered stone dust.

He is the bottom of the barrel and some politicians absolutely love it.