the pits

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the pits - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  pits \pits\, the pits \the pits\n.
     The worst possible situation, person, or thing; something
     extremely bad, boring, or depressing; -- always used with
     the; as, cleaning the house is the pits. [Slang]
     [PJC]

the pits - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  the pits
      n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the
           inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas
           is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole,
           snake pit, the pits, inferno]