trente-sixième dessous

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French

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃t.si.zjɛm də.su/

Noun

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trente-sixième dessous m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) a very miserable situation, a very dark place, a very sad and unhappy state
    tomber dans le trente-sixième dessous(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    être au trente-sixième dessousto be down in the dumps, to be thoroughly depressed, to be a basket case

Usage notes

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Always used with the definite article le.