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                            Phrase(s): on the skids 
Sl. on the decline.  •  My newly started business is on the skids.  •  Her health is really on the skids, but she stays cheery anyway.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
                        
                        
                    
                    
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                            In the process of decline or ruin, as in If she quit now, her career would be on the skids. The skids here are runners such as those on a sled, enabling one to go downhill quickly. [c. 1920]
                        
                        
 
                        
                            American Heritage Idioms