scrape the barrel

• vi. 搜刮最后一点东西(使用最后一招)

scrape the barrel的用法和样例：

例句

1. It is easy to see how even a family which had had as good food as it wished and a few extras could be down to bread and scrape the barrel inside a month if the "demon drink" took hold.
   即使是一个本来想吃得好些就能吃得好些、尚有盈余可供某些别的开支的家庭，倘若嗜上酒来，则在不到一个月的时间里，就可以穷落下来，以致只能吃面包及必须掏尽家底，不难明白这种现象究竟是怎么回事。
2. We had to scrape the barrel to get a full team, and then we lost 6-1.
   我们勉强凑成一个队，结果以6比1输了。