at the bottom of the pile

English

Prepositional phrase

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.