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Originally Posted by kiv78
Im japanese and idont unerstand "beat the bottom"in english
but let me reply.
if it means "(my mind is)in the bottom" then[jigoku ni iru mitaina kibun da]jigoku=hell mitaina=like kibun=feel]
if it means"i have no money"then[ shikin ga soko wo tuita ]
shikin=fand soko=bottom tuita=beated
what is the meaning of "beat the bottom".
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We don't say "beat the bottom." OP was just being confusing. OP was asking what the English equivalent of εΊγζγ€ is. In English, if I understand the Japanese phrase correctly, we say "to hit rock bottom" or "to bottom out," depending on context.
"To hit rock bottom" means you are at the lowest point, usually in your life. For example, "When I woke up in a puddle of my own vomit beside a pile of horse manure after drinking whisky for 12 hours straight, I knew I had hit rock bottom."
"To bottom out" is something we use in two situations. One has to do with automobiles. The other is when, for example, a number like price or value or the stock market has hit the very bottom and is now looking like it is going up. We would say "In early 2009, the stock market bottomed out. Since June, the Dow Jones Industrial Average / Nikkei / NASDAQ has steadily improved."