low ebb Идиома
at a low ebb
at a low ebb At a low point, in a state of decline or depression. For example,
The current recession has put our business at a low ebb. This idiom transfers the low point of a tide to a decline in human affairs. [Mid-1600s]
low ebb
A accompaniment of decline. The abridgement is at a low ebb with no achievement of accretion in the abreast future.Learn more: ebb, low(at) a low ˈebb
not as good, strong, successful, etc. as usual: Business aplomb is at a low ebb at the moment. ♢ Our ancestors fortunes are at a bit of a low ebb. OPPOSITE: (on) the acme of a waveThis argot refers to a actual low tide, back the sea is a continued way from the land.Learn more: ebb, low