on the skids

• 快要失败

on the skids的用法和样例：

例句

1. But does this mean Mr Mugabe is on the skids?
   但是这意味着穆加贝先生快要失败了吗？
2. Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.
   公德与私德均在衰落之中。

词汇搭配

• be on the skids 走下坡路
• put the skids on someone 使走下坡路