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the pits
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  the pits - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pitregion, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" |
the pits
the pitsA very unpleasant or unfortunate thing, situation, or circumstance. I'm sorry to hear about your divorce, Sam—that's the pits! I worked as a telemarketer one summer, and it was the pits.See also: pitthe pitsThe worst possible situation, as in Spending your birthday working alone is the pits, or That job is the pits. The allusion in this term is unclear. Some think it refers to coal pits, others to armpits, and still others to the area beside an auto racecourse, also called the pits, where cars are serviced during a race. [Second half of 1900s] See also: pitthe pits SPOKENIf you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad. Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. `The pits,' he replied. Reading someone else's diary is the pits.See also: pitpits1. n. the armpits. (Usually crude.) Man, you have a problem in your pits. 2. and the pits n. anything really bad. (Always with the in this sense.) This whole day was the pits from beginning to end. 3. and the pits n. the depths of despair. (Always with the in this sense. Often with in as in the example.) It’s always in the pits with him. See also: pitthe pits verbSee pitsSee also: pitthe pits
Synonyms for the pitsnoun any place of pain and turmoilSynonyms- hell
- hell on earth
- hellhole
- inferno
- snake pit
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