at bottom | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Really,basically,fundamentally.1705,Daniel Defoe,The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions From the World in the Moon:They concerted Matters, and all at once fell to selling off their Stock, giving out daily Reports that they would be no longer concern'd, that it was a losing Trade, that the Fundat bottomwas good for nothing.1883,Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 16, inTreasure Island:I know you are a good manat bottom.1891,Thomas Hardy,Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page45:"Tess is queer." "But she's tractableat bottom. Leave her to me."1907July 5,Mark Twain, chapter 23, inChapters from My Autobiography:At bottomI supposed that he had mistaken another book for mine.1947January 6, “The 80th Congress”, inTime, retrieved26 June 2015:As the New Year opened, the survival of Western democracy rested,at bottom, on the case the U.S. would make for it.2015June 20,Michael Lewis, “Harvard Admissions Needs ‘Moneyball for Life’”, inNew York Times, retrieved26 June 2015:At bottom, he does not accept any authority higher than himself.

Examples:

EN: So they say, but at bottom, it's dirty and cruel.
ES: Eso dicen, pero en el fondo es sucia y cruel.
EN: You mean, we ain't at bottom now?
ES: - Este lugar no tiene fondo.
EN: A good pony at bottom.
ES: Un buen poni.
EN: And, at bottom, she had made Ludovic do it.
ES: En el fondo ella había incitado a Ludovic.
EN: - Tobiki, boss. Very nice place, boss, but not at top of Okinawa, at bottom.
ES: Tobiki bonito, pero no en parte alta de la isla, en parte baja.
EN: I leave message with names of enemy agents at bottom of swimming pool.
ES: Dejaré un mensaje con los nombres de los agentes enemigos en el fondo de la piscina.
EN: Concerning air pump, see asterisk at bottom of page.
ES: En cuanto a la bomba de aire, vea el asterisco al final de la página.
EN: You are a good man, at bottom.
ES: Eres un buen hombre en el fondo.
EN: Is it the same for you if I get undressed only at bottom?
ES: ¿Es lo mismo para ti si me desnudo solo de abajo?
EN: I want to see you naked at bottom.
ES: - Quiero verte sin los pantalones.
EN: It say at bottom of every woman is fortune.
ES: Dice: "El trasero de toda mujer es una fortuna."
EN: Our understanding of the history of life is very recent occupying only the last few seconds of December 31 that small white spot at bottom right in the cosmic calendar.
ES: El conocimiento de la historia de la vida es reciente sólo ocupa los últimos segundos del 31 de diciembre apenas un pequeño punto blanco al final del calendario.
EN: I am at bottom of barrel.
ES: Quedan los peores patinadores.
EN: Yeah, but she's tractable at bottom.
ES: Si, pero en el fondo es muy docilona.
EN: The gentleman at bottom left.
ES: El señor de la izquierda.

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