on the skids
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on the skids
- (idiomatic) In decline; going downhill; in trouble.
- 1938 June 27, “Work Undone”, in Time, archived from the original on 4 May 2008, retrieved 12 May 2009:#*
- Entering an election year, no Congress obeys a second-term President whose popularity is on the skids.
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See also
- hit the skids
- skid row