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rock bottom (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) The very lowest possible level.

   Pork belly futures have hit rock bottom.

   • 2021 October 20, Angie Doll explains to Paul Clifton, “We were absolutely at rock bottom...”, in RAIL, number 942, page 34:

     "We were absolutely at rock bottom. Our passengers didn't like us. Our stakeholders didn't like us. Our own staff didn't like us.

   • 2022 August 29, Damian Carrington, “Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “It is a very conservative rock-bottom minimum,” said Prof Jason Box from the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Geus), who led the research. “Realistically, we will see this figure more than double within this century.”

2. (idiomatic) A period of extreme mental stress, often characterized by being homeless and being rejected by all friends and family.
   • 2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     when referee Jesus Gil Manzano showed him the red card, Maguire resembled an individual who had hit rock bottom.

   Some people believe that mental illnesses can't be treated unless the person hits rock bottom first.

使用する際の注意点

Normally part of the phrase "hit rock bottom"

動詞

rock-bottom (三人称単数 現在形 rock-bottoms, 現在分詞 rock-bottoming, 過去形および過去分詞形 rock-bottomed)

1. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall to the lowest possible level.
   • 2010, Johann Hari, How Goldman Gambled on Starvation:

     By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.