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to scrape the barrel
разг. с трудом набрать необходимую сумму, "скрести по сусекам"
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scrape the barrel
scrape (the bottom of) the barrel разг наскрести по сусекам
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He set me to listing all the ways a monastery may break the canon law – scraping the bottom of the barrel.Тогда он поручил мне составить список всех возможных нарушений канонического закона, в которых только можно обвинить монастырь.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionСэнсом, Кристофер Джон / Горбун лорда КромвеляГорбун лорда КромвеляСэнсом, Кристофер ДжонDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
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