"at a low ebb" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "low tide"
      },
      "expansion": "low tide",
      "name": "l"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "The figurative sense is an extension from the literal sense of low tide.",
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      "expansion": "at a low ebb",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "at a low ebb",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 24, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Grant Peck, “Thai court suspends PM Prayuth pending ruling on term limit”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 2022-08-24",
          "text": "Polls show the prime minister’s popularity is at a low ebb.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At a low point; in a poor state; in a state of decline or depression."
      ],
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        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) At a low point; in a poor state; in a state of decline or depression."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ebb and flow"
        },
        {
          "word": "low tide"
        },
        {
          "word": "nadir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "衰敗"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuāibài",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "衰败"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìwēi",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "式微"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "op een laag pitje"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "at a low ebb"
}

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        "2": "low tide"
      },
      "expansion": "low tide",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The figurative sense is an extension from the literal sense of low tide.",
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      "expansion": "at a low ebb",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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    {
      "word": "ebb and flow"
    },
    {
      "word": "low tide"
    },
    {
      "word": "nadir"
    }
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        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
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          "text": "Polls show the prime minister’s popularity is at a low ebb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At a low point; in a poor state; in a state of decline or depression."
      ],
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        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
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          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
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          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
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          "depression",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) At a low point; in a poor state; in a state of decline or depression."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "衰敗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāibài",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "衰败"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìwēi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "式微"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "op een laag pitje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "at a low ebb"
}