at the bottom of the bag —(also: in the bottom of the bag ) remaining as a last resource or possibility:
- If there’s one small favour left at the bottom of the bag, clean-slate my bank account and credit history please.
at the bottom of the barrel —(also: in the bottom of the barrel) among the worst or the least desirable elements of a group:
- Corporations that don’t have time to deal with these issues will find themselves at the bottom of the barrel.