be the pits



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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.
See also: pit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bagadata-Ancient Persian
Helmo-Ancient Germanic
Sasithorn-Thai
Soleilso-LAYVarious
Armandoahr-MAHN-do (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
ValĒRijs-Latvian