slim pickingsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌslɪm ˈpɪk.ɪŋz/us/ˌslɪm ˈpɪk.ɪŋz/informallittle or no success in getting something because there is not very much of it remaining:
Buyers who have waited for bargains at the end of the year will find slim pickings.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- foul-up
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- parody
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
- underachiever
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