at (a) low ebb

below the usual condition or standard.

The divorce comes at a time when Jackson's career is at a low ebb.

Support for the arts has reached its lowest ebb and we hope it won't go any lower.

Related vocabulary: up to par

• the law of averages
• the law of the jungle
• the lay of the land
• the least can do
• the least you can do
• the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
• the lesser of two evils
• luck into something
• luck of the draw
• luck out
• lull before the storm
• lull into
• lull into a false sense of security
• lull into doing something
• lull into something
• lull someone into a false sense of security
• lull you into
• lull you into doing something
• lull you into something
• lump in throat
• lump in your throat
• mad about
• mad about someone
• mad about something
• made for each other