どん底

どんぞこ
very bottom

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どんぞこ【どん底】

abyss

〖C〗《文》底知れない割れ目， 深淵；［比喩的に］ どん底

be in an abyss of grief ［despair］ 悲嘆［絶望］のどん底にいる

gutter

〖C〗［the ～］ どん底の生活

pick him up out of the gutter 彼をどん底の生活から救い上げる.

▲His cup of bitterness was full. 彼は不幸のどん底にあった

the lowest pitch of poverty 貧乏のどん底

She was plunged into the depths of despair. 彼女は失望のどん底に追いやられた

start on ［at］ the lowest ［bottom， first］ rung of the ladder どん底からたたきあげる.

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どんぞこ【どん底】

rock bottom; the very bottom; the depths [pit] 《of…》; the nadir.

●不況のどん底 《reach》 (the) rock bottom of an economic depression.

●どん底まで落ちる fall to rock bottom; touch rock bottom.

●どん底から立ち上がる rise from the pit 《of misfortune, of despair, of misery, of degradation》

・不幸のどん底から這い上がる crawl from the pit of misfortune

・どん底からの叫び a cry [scream] de profundis [from the depths of anguish].

●不幸のどん底に落ちる fall to the depths of misfortune

・貧乏のどん底にいる be in the depths of poverty

・失意のどん底にある be in the depths of despair.

●どん底(の)生活 rock-bottom subsistence; a life of extreme poverty; bare subsistence

・どん底の生活をする人々 the submerged tenth; people at the rock bottom of the social ladder; the scum of society.

●今は不景気のどん底だ. Business is now at rock bottom. | The recession can't get any lower than it is now.