be the pits

be the pits

To be particularly bad, unfortunate, or awful, especially of a situation or outcome. Well, this is the pits. I absolutely cannot believe such a huge thunderstorm came through just as we were getting our picnic set up. I was so excited about this job when I first started. I wish I would have known it'd be the pits.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

be the pits

be extremely bad or the worst of its kind. informal
Pits is a mid 20th-century informal term for ‘armpits’ and has connotations of body odour; from this it came to refer generally to something regarded as bad or unpleasant.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

be the ˈpits

(informal) be very bad; be the worst kind of something: The teaching at this school is the pits. This newspaper really is the pits. OPPOSITE: be the bomb
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • like a bad dream
  • pits
  • the pits
  • awful
  • I'm awful with/at names
  • hell on earth
  • a hell on earth
  • by no means
  • not by any means