on the skids
idiom
informal
: failing or getting worse : in a bad state or situation that is likely to result in failure
Her marriage is on the skids.
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Amazon, Temu, Uber, WhatsApp, and YouTube among them. —Computer science degrees on the skids.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 Aug. 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
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
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 Aug. 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
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
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“On the skids.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20skids. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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