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
Mikhailo-Ukrainian
Elihui-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
Olwen-Welsh
Soner-Turkish
Atalia-Hebrew
AzureA-zhərEnglish (Rare)