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on the rocks

• (of a relationship or enterprise) experiencing difficulties and likely to fail.
• "his marriage was on the rocks"
Similar: in difficulty, in trouble, breaking down, practically over, heading for divorce, heading for the divorce courts, in tatters, in pieces, destroyed, shattered, ruined, beyond repair, kaput, done for, toast,
• (of a drink) served undiluted and with ice cubes.
• "he ordered a Scotch on the rocks"
Similar: with ice, on ice,


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