the pits
Meaning
Something miserable or unpleasant.
Synonyms
infern
enfer
inferno
inferno
infiernoEtymology
Theorized to be a shortened form of armpits, i.e., somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable. First use appears c. 1953. See cite below.
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