creux de la vague
French
Etymology
Literally, “trough of the wave, wave trough”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁø d(ə) la vaɡ/
Noun
creux de la vague m (uncountable)
- (figuratively) low ebb
- être au creux de la vague ― to be at a low ebb, to be going through a rough patch