scraping the barrel

To go the extra length or to really milk a situation (see milking) To push something to the limit. Usually the terms is used in times of distress or in times of need.

My local football club just signed a new player, looks like they are really scraping the barrel with the players at the moment.

scraping the barrel by Paul3o3 August 5, 2011

scraping the barrel

8th song in the album "Old Souls", the second full-length album released by the australian symphonic deathcore band "Make Them Suffer". It's the album's heaviest song.

Jared: Hey, dude. Have you ever listened to the song Scraping the Barrel, by Make Them Suffer?
Leo: Yeah, man! That song is sick as hell!

scraping the barrel by IamTheOneBADINGA March 2, 2017

scraping the bottom of the barrel 

1. To get stuck with the very last pick or settle for something of extremely low quality.

2. Having run out of all other good ideas, to settle for an extremely low quality, crappy, or poor idea.

Did you hear about "The Smurfs"? Hollywood must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel with that movie.

scraping the bottom of the barrel by Aleitheia August 14, 2011