BOTTOM OF THE HEAP

bottom of the heap: translation

the bottom of the barrel & the bottom of the heap

Fig. the location of persons or things of the very lowest quality; someone or something of the lowest quality. (The fruit at the bottom of a barrel of apples is likely to be bruised from the weight of the other apples.) •

That last secretary you sent me was really the bottom of the barrel.

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I don't need any candidates from the bottom of the heap.