| 释义 |
hit the skids informal Begin a rapid decline or deterioration: Michael’s career hit the skids...- His career was hitting the skids when he was commissioned to write a film of Edward Lear's life.
- Forgive me, readers; I don't know what sort of sound an acting career makes when it hits the skids.
- Private Eye has had a really interesting correspondence - telling a tale of an album released over a decade ago; it's a concept album about a rockstar whose career - forged in writing rock operas - hits the skids.
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