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单词 on the skids
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on the skids

phrase [verb-link PHRASE]
If you say that something is on the skids, you believe that it is out of control and certain to fail.
[informal]
His career is on the skids.
...my marriage was on the skids.
Synonyms: in trouble, breaking down, on the rocks, going downhill More Synonyms of on the skids
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on the skids in British English

in decline or about to fail
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on the skids

doing badly and very likely to fail
My marriage was on the skids.

Examples of 'on the skids' in a sentence
on the skids

`Richard and I were on the skids ," Caroline said, leaning forward and helping herself to a glass of wine.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD
(idiom) 
My marriage was on the skids.
Synonyms
in trouble
breaking down
on the rocks
Why's your marriage on the rocks?
going downhill
be on its last legs
falling apart at the seams
See skid

Additional synonyms

in the sense of on the rocks
Why's your marriage on the rocks?
Synonyms
in trouble,
breaking down,
falling apart,
in tatters

Nearby words of
on the skids

  • on the same wavelength
  • on the scrapheap
  • on the shelf
  • on the skids
  • on the sly
  • on the spur of the moment
  • on the streets

Synonyms of 'on the skids'

on the skids

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