on the rocks
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks.
- Coordinate terms: neat, straight up
- I'll have a whisky on the rocks.
- In a bad state, particularly of a romantic relationship.
- Joe and Tammy's relationship is on the rocks again.
- 2022 May 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Triangle of Sadness review – heavy-handed satire on the super-rich loses its shape”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Everything of interest happens in the first ten minutes. A male model called Carl (Harris Dickinson) senses after a calamitous audition that his career is already on the rocks, all washed up.
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[edit]poured over ice
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