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Synonyms for on the skids
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : skid |
Phonetic Transcription : skɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for on the skids Other synonyms for the word on the skids
- abatement
- affliction
- all washed up
- backsliding
- bad break
- bankrupt
- beaten
- beggared
- belly-up
- broke
- broken
- bummer
- burned out
- can of worms
- clutch
- comedown
- contretemps
- cooked
- cropper
- dead
- decay
- decrepitude
- defeated
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- derelict
- descent
- destitute
- destroyed
- devolution
- diminution
- dissolution
- distress
- dive
- done for
- down and out
- down for the count
- down the drain
- down the tubes
- downer
- downfall
- downgrade
- drag
- dwindling
- ebb
- ebbing
- enfeeblement
- evil eye
- failing
- falling off
- finished
- floored
- flop
- had it
- hard knocks
- hard times
- hardship
- hurting
- ill fortune
- impoverished
- in the gutter
- in the poorhouse
- in the red
- insolvent
- jam
- jinx
- kiss of death
- lapse
- misery
- misfortune
- mishap
- moneyless
- needy
- nonfunctioning
- on the skids
- out of business
- out of circulation
- out of funds
- outcast
- pain in the neck
- penniless
- poison
- poverty-stricken
- pratfall
- recession
- relapse
- reverse
- ruined
- senility
- skids
- slump
- sorrow
- suffering
- sunk
- the worst
- totaled
- tough luck
- trial
- trouble
- vagabond
- vagrant
- wane
- waning
- washed up
- weakening
- wiped out
- worsening
Définition of on the skids
Origin :- c.1600, "beam or plank on which something rests," especially on which something heavy can be rolled from place to place (1782), of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skið "stick of wood" (see ski (n.)). As "a sliding along" from 1890; specifically of motor vehicles from 1903. Skid-mark is from 1914.
- In the timber regions of the American West, skids laid down one after another to form a road were "a poor thing for pleasure walks, but admirably adapted for hauling logs on the ground with a minimum of friction" ["Out West" magazine, October 1903]. A skid as something used to facilitate downhill motion led to figurative phrases such as hit the skids "go into rapid decline" (1909), and cf. skid row.
- As in kaput : adj ruined, wrecked
- As in down-and-out : adj destitute
- As in adversity : noun bad luck, situation
- As in decline : noun lessening
Antonyms for on the skids
- accomplishment
- achievement
- advantage
- aid
- ascent
- assistance
- benefit
- betterment
- blessing
- boon
- comfort
- contentment
- development
- ease
- encouragement
- favor
- fortune
- good fortune
- good luck
- growth
- happiness
- health
- help
- improvement
- increase
- joy
- miracle
- peace
- pleasure
- profit
- progress
- prosperity
- rich
- rise
- solvent
- strength
- strengthening
- success
- upgrade
- wealthy
- well-to-do
- wonder
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