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the pits
Idioms and Phrases
The 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]Example Sentences
As Norris came out of the pits, Russell was battling Lance Stroll's Aston Martin, which had stayed out, and the presence of Stroll boxed Norris in and allowed Russell to retain second place.
Max Verstappen was on a lap that would have put him fastest at the time a few minutes before Norris set his pace-setting lap - only to abort it and come into the pits.
But Frentzen forgot to turn off the system as he left the pits from his stop for fuel and tyres, and that triggered a safety system that cut the engine.
The Frenchman stood with his head in his hands, apparently crying, before returning to the pits.
Other notable characters who walk this same path haven’t even had the privilege of staying at the top as long as Tár does before they fall back into the pits of their artistic torment.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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