bottomless pit

noun
1.
hell ( def 1 ).
2.
something that drains all one's energy or resources.

Origin:
1525–35

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bottomless pit definition


  1. n.
    a very hungry person. : The guy is a bottomless pit. There isn't enough food in town to fill him up.
  2. n.
    an endless source of something, usually something troublesome. : Our problems come from a bottomless pit. There is just no end to them.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Bottomless pit is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
Thus is this boasted mythical theory ingulfed in the bottomless pit of absolute
  skepticism.
The compliance process should not be a bottomless pit into which registrants
  throw resources and money.
Pouring any more money into this bottomless pit is useless.
We are at a precipice looking into a bottomless pit.
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