on the skids

English

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Prepositional phrase

on the skids

1. (idiomatic) In decline; going downhill; in trouble.
   • 1938 June 27, “Work Undone”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 May 2008:

     Entering an election year, no Congress obeys a second-term President whose popularity is on the skids.

See also

• hit the skids
• skid row

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “on the skids”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang