How to understand "in the pits", "barren patch", "in the wrong context"
Hi guys, could you kindly help me to explain the following phrases or words:

.Lewis Hamilton's car was running near the back of the grid and his reputation was in the pits.
? in the pits
."It's very tough, very painful in the heart," Hamilton said of his barren patch.
? barren patch
.You think you're cool, you think you're smart, but it's those times you get caught out and
things get taken in the wrong context.
? in the wrong context

How to understand this bold phrases?

Thanks in advance!

MG

Question

How to understand "in the pits", "barren patch", "in the wrong context"
Hi guys, could you kindly help me to explain the following phrases or words:

.Lewis Hamilton's car was running near the back of the grid and his reputation was in the pits.
? in the pits
."It's very tough, very painful in the heart," Hamilton said of his barren patch.
? barren patch
.You think you're cool, you think you're smart, but it's those times you get caught out and
things get taken in the wrong context.
? in the wrong context

How to understand this bold phrases?

Thanks in advance!

MG

Answer

*in the pits-----> in trouble
* barren patch---->emptiness 
*in the wrong context---->misunderstood

Answer

In the pits is like rock bottom. It is saying his reputation was really not good at all.

barren Patch, I habve to be honest it sounds a little odd lol, but i guess it is refering to an empty somewhat depressive time in the persons life. barren = bare/empty/devoid of life.

Taken in the wrong context , means that someone has misundersttod/misinturpted a person actions or words, or a misunderstanding of the situation happening.

Answer

I guess in the pits  here means very bad.It means his reputation become worst .
barren patch may means desperation condition
in the wrong contex here means something shouldn't happen in the normal conditions.

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