on the skids

phrase

informal

: failing or getting worse : in a bad state or situation that is likely to result in failure

Her marriage is on the skids.

Examples of on the skids in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Grizzlies have been on the skids since late January, dropping two straight and 12 of their last 15 entering Wednesday's game. — ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026

His mentor, an elderly filmmaker (Jim Broadbent) on the skids who gave him his big break, just died. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025

With Trump back in the White House and the economy on the skids, Democrats will surely brush off their familiar playbook and seek to turn the governor’s race into a referendum on the unpopular president. — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025

Meet the candidates April 21, 2025 With Trump back in the White House and the economy on the skids, Democrats will surely brush off their familiar playbook and seek to turn the governor’s race into a referendum on the unpopular president. — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025

With Chinese stocks on the skids and foreign investment waning, the Central Financial Commission (CFC) has pledged more openness and transparency, plus closer ties with global markets. — Bynick Rockel, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024

San Francisco has been in the spotlight as a downtown especially on the skids. — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023

In this drama of a middle-class family on skis and on the skids, Rory Kinnear and Lyndsey Marshal are Thomas and Ebba who have taken their two squally children away to the French alps. — David Benedict, Variety, 7 Jan. 2022

Newsom's numbers are on the skids among people who used to like him. — Virginia Postrel Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021

Rhymes for on the skids

• spermatids
• bids
• grids
• kids
• lids
• rids
• squids
• eyelids
• forbids
• grandkids
• plasmids