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| с трудом набрать (We're short of players for the game but including John would really be scraping the bottom of the barrel); наскрести (to (be obliged to) use the least useful, efficient, person or thing available) | |||
| видимо, дела идут совсем плохо, раз ... (to use the worst people or things because that is all that is available • Richard's in the team? You really are scraping the barrel!) | |||
| довольствоваться тем, что есть, за неимением лучшего (to select from among the worst; to choose from what is left over; to use the worst people or things because that is all that is available Fidelia) | |||
