どん底

Meanings

1. Noun

   very bottom; rock bottom
2. The Lower Depths (1902 play by Maxim Gorky)work of art, literature, music, etc. name

• 彼かれは貧乏びんぼうのどん底ぞこだ。

  He is as poor as can be.

• 彼かれは不幸ふこうのどん底ぞこにあった。

  He was in the depth of misery.

• 彼かれは悲劇ひげきのどん底ぞこにあった。

  His cup of misery was full.

• 彼女かのじょは絶望ぜつぼうのどん底ぞこにあった。

  She was in an abyss of despair.

• 失業者しつぎょうしゃは常つねにどん底ぞこにおちる羽目はめになります。

  The unemployed always wind up at the bottom of the heap.