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America is a melting pot, the people at the bottom get burned while all the scum floats to the top.

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melting pot

[melting pot] {n. phr.} A country where different nationalities mingle and mix with the result that, in the second generation, most people speak the main language of the country and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bottom

[bottom] See: [BET ONE'S BOOTS] or [BET ONE'S BOTTOM DOLLAR], [FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE'S HEART], [FROM --- TO ---], [GET TO THE BOTTOM OF], [HIT BOTTOM] or [TOUCH BOTTOM], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

from the bottom of one's heart

[from the bottom of one's heart] or [with all one's heart] {adv. phr.} With great feeling; sincerely. * /A mother loves a baby from the bottom of her heart./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hit bottom

[hit bottom] or [touch bottom] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be at the very lowest. * /In August there was a big supply of corn and the price hit bottom./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[over the top] {adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. * /The plan was to spend the night in the trenches […]