Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Lithuanian term or phrase:
atsidurti visiškame dugne
English translation:
hit rock bottom
Added to glossary by
Olga Prisekina-Olrichs
May 29, 2010 10:27
13 yrs ago
Lithuanian term
Netherlands
Native in: Russian 
, Lithuanian
Works in: English to Russian, Dutch to Russian, English to Lithuanian, and 2 more.
atsidurti visiškame dugne
Lithuanian to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
JAV būstų rinka prieš metus buvo atsidūrusi visiškame dugne, niekas nepirko naujų namų
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | hit rock bottom |
Gintautas Kaminskas
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| 4 | to be at [or: experience / see / witness / hit] the lowest of lows |
Valters Feists
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| 3 | to reach the complete bottom |
Leonardas
|
Proposed translations
+1
3 hrs
Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Australia
Native in Lithuanian
&
English
Australia
«I translate meaning, not just words.»
Native in: Lithuanian , English
Works in: Lithuanian to English, Spanish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
hit rock bottom
JAV būstų rinka prieš metus buvo atsidūrusi visiškame dugne, niekas nepirko naujų namų.
The US housing market hit rock bottom a year ago, no one was buying new houses.
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The US housing market hit rock bottom a year ago, no one was buying new houses.
Google Search results for "hit rock bottom" — About 4,720,000
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2 hrs
to reach the complete bottom
.
10 hrs
Valters Feists
Latvia
Latvia
Latvia
Creative. Analytical. Fluent. Excellent.
Native in: Latvian
Works in: English to Latvian, Latvian to English, German to Latvian, and 8 more.
to be at [or: experience / see / witness / hit] the lowest of lows
"The lowest of lows" - also used on US and UK website articles about real estate / real property markets.
(1) http://www.ciremagazine.com/article.php?article_id=1252
"Secondary-market real estate investors have reason to be concerned. The mortgage crisis has paralyzed the debt markets and the few remaining active balance-sheet lenders have taken their capital and flocked to the perceived safe haven of primary markets.
[...]
[These] markets, which <B>have witnessed</B> both the highest of highs and <B>the lowest of lows</B> in a painfully short time span, now stand as the great unknown in commercial real estate."
(2) http://www.nic.edu/news/publicrelations/index.asp?details=1&...
"[...] worked for 38 years in the law field and owned his own real estate brokerage in the 1980s. He has witnessed the market change over the years and has always seen it climb back from even <B>the lowest of lows</B>."
(3) http://www.housesforcashuk.co.uk/blog/how-did-house-prices-g...
"<B>We’re</B> now <B>in the lowest of lows</B> the housing market has ever seen with the average price the same as it was 6 years ago before the boom. <I>This catastophic dip</I> is only here because of the massive high we all experienced, but how did prices get so high?"
(4) http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2010/05/07/state...
"We didn't experience the extreme highs that some states experienced, but on the flip side, we don't <B>hit the lowest of lows</B> either."
(5) http://www.zillow.com/blog/real-estate-depreciation-the-lowe...
[Blog post title]
"Real Estate Depreciation — the Lowest of Lows in the U.S."
+ (6) As discussed on a forum - http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=744638
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Trinibeens
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NYC
Native language: U.S. English
Age: 60
"Highest of highs and <B>lowest of lows</B>" uses <I>superlatives to emphasize great differences--the best and the worst</I>.>>
(1) http://www.ciremagazine.com/article.php?article_id=1252
"Secondary-market real estate investors have reason to be concerned. The mortgage crisis has paralyzed the debt markets and the few remaining active balance-sheet lenders have taken their capital and flocked to the perceived safe haven of primary markets.
[...]
[These] markets, which <B>have witnessed</B> both the highest of highs and <B>the lowest of lows</B> in a painfully short time span, now stand as the great unknown in commercial real estate."
(2) http://www.nic.edu/news/publicrelations/index.asp?details=1&...
"[...] worked for 38 years in the law field and owned his own real estate brokerage in the 1980s. He has witnessed the market change over the years and has always seen it climb back from even <B>the lowest of lows</B>."
(3) http://www.housesforcashuk.co.uk/blog/how-did-house-prices-g...
"<B>We’re</B> now <B>in the lowest of lows</B> the housing market has ever seen with the average price the same as it was 6 years ago before the boom. <I>This catastophic dip</I> is only here because of the massive high we all experienced, but how did prices get so high?"
(4) http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2010/05/07/state...
"We didn't experience the extreme highs that some states experienced, but on the flip side, we don't <B>hit the lowest of lows</B> either."
(5) http://www.zillow.com/blog/real-estate-depreciation-the-lowe...
[Blog post title]
"Real Estate Depreciation — the Lowest of Lows in the U.S."
+ (6) As discussed on a forum - http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=744638
<<
Trinibeens
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NYC
Native language: U.S. English
Age: 60
"Highest of highs and <B>lowest of lows</B>" uses <I>superlatives to emphasize great differences--the best and the worst</I>.>>
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