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111at the bottom/top of the pile — ► at the bottom or top of a group of competing things: »Despite a shaky first quarter, the athletic shoe producer has once again emerged at the top of the pile. Main Entry: ↑pile …
112at the bottom of the heap — in a worse situation than anyone else in a group of people. Those at the bottom of the heap feel that society has failed them. The homeless are at the bottom of the pile with little hope of improving their situation …
113at the bottom of the pile — in a worse situation than anyone else in a group of people. Those at the bottom of the heap feel that society has failed them. The homeless are at the bottom of the pile with little hope of improving their situation …
114at the bottom of the totem pole — (USA) If someone is at the bottom of the totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole …
115scrape the bottom of the barrel — informal phrase to use or do something that you know is not very good, because you do not have anything better They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with these latest recruits. Thesaurus: to use something, or to be usedsynonym… …
116knock the bottom out of sth — ► to damage something severely, especially by destroying its support: »The rise in mortgage rates really knocked the bottom out of the housing market. Main Entry: ↑knock …
117be bumping along the bottom — British if an economic system is bumping along the bottom, it is working very slowly. With the economy bumping along the bottom, it seems unlikely any new jobs will be created …
118be at the bottom of something — be/lie at the bottom of (something) to be the real reason for something unpleasant. I don t know for certain why she dislikes you, but I suspect jealousy is at the bottom of it …
119lie at the bottom of something — be/lie at the bottom of (something) to be the real reason for something unpleasant. I don t know for certain why she dislikes you, but I suspect jealousy is at the bottom of it …
120knock the bottom out of something — knock the bottom out of (something) informal to harm something and make it weaker, especially by taking away the thing it needs in order to continue or be successful. Ben losing his job has knocked the bottom out of our plans to buy a house …