on the skids

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on the skids

  1. (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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