Any place of pain and turmoil. Synonyms:hell, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits."The inferno of the engine room" , "When you're alone Christmas is the pits"
... wife's at least a Queen, She reigns in Heaven. The King's o'erwhelmed—poor man Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought A deeper ... — Count Alarcos - A Tragedy • Benjamin Disraeli
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