in the pits
At lowest point
In the pits describes being in an extremely low or miserable state.
The phrase evokes the lowest possible place—a pit you've fallen into: After the breakup, I was really in the pits for a while.
It functions like "the pits" but emphasizes the condition of being stuck there rather than labeling something as terrible.
- rock bottomLowest possible level
- hitting bottomReaching one's lowest point
- low pointWorst or lowest moment
- failureLack of success
- doldrumsState of inactivity
rough patch · setback · hard times · despair · dark place · hopelessness · misery · sadness · abyss · mine · anguish · crisis · quarry · hardship · defeat · crater · nadir · excavation
in the pitson cloud nine
Extremely elated state
over the moon · on top of the world · walking on air · elated · ecstatic
in the pitson top of the world
Supremely pleased with life
riding high · living the dream · in clover · sitting pretty · in good shape