on the rocks
prep_phraseEtymology
From the allusion of a ship running aground against rocks and breaking apart. The poured over ice sense is due to ice's resemblance to rocks.
Definitions
Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks.
- I'll have a whisky on the rocks.
In a bad state
In a bad state; experiencing difficulties or at risk of failing.
- I knew my business was on the rocks, so I started considering going into voluntary bankruptcy.
- Joe and Tammy's relationship is on the rocks again.
- Everything of interest happens in the first ten minutes. A male model called Carl (Harris Dickinson) senses after a calamitous audition that his career is already on the rocks, all washed up.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for on the rocks. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA