bottomless pitnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌbɒt.əm.ləs ˈpɪt/us/ˌbɑː.t̬əm.ləs ˈpɪt/something that seems to have no limits, or a situation that will never end:
We'll be pouring money into a bottomless pit if we try to keep that factory open.
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- have sb over a barrel idiom
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- sticky wicket
- vortex
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