| 词组 | the pits |
| 释义 | Idiom the pits Theme: WORST the worst possible. (Slang.)John is such a boring person. He's the pits.This restaurant isn't the best, but it's not the pits either. 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. the 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] the pitsSPOKENIf 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. pits1. 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. the pitsverbSee pits |
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