No need to re-chew bitter dregs if you were there.

Forcing himself to drink the bitter dregs of his personal inefficacy, he added, "I loved her.

I have thought this through, my dear, to the bitter dregs.

Her eyes looked ancient and her expression was that of someone who had tasted bitter dregs.

How you could have choked down such bitter dregs as this is beyond my comprehension!

I hate them in the bitter dregs of my soul.

He'd drained down the last bitter dregs just before the missile shot.

She'd swallow back the bitter dregs of the fear and get on with things.

Swaying, Adam finished the bitter dregs of his coffee.

Must service spring from the bitter dregs of self-denial?