at the bottom of the pile

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Prepositional phrase[edit]

at the bottom of the pile

  1. At the lowest level in a list or hierarchy.
    • 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      Dad tried and tried to get a different job, any job. But jobs in the town were scarce, and a man with a wooden leg always found himself at the bottom of the pile.