英语词汇“on the skids”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. plural. In figurative phrases describing impending downfall or defeat; the way to failure or ruin: to put the skids under (a person or thing), to arrange the downfall of; to remove or oust (esp. from office), to get rid of; to cause to fail; to hit the skids, to enter a rapid decline or deterioration; on the skids, on the way to defeat or ruin; in a steadily worsening state. colloquial (originally U.S.).

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

1918 H. C. Witwer in Collier's 9 Mar. 16/3 Me and Jeanne is gonna have a flat over in Brooklyn as soon as we put the skids under the Kaiser.

1920 H. C. Wither in Collier's 5 June 36/3 Kane Halliday, as the butlers was wonted to announce him previous to the time he hit the skids, was merely engaged to this gold mine.

1921 A. G. Empey Madonna of Hills lxi. 363 As yet it would be too dangerous to flaunt Davis openly, even if he was on the ‘skids’.

1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest xii. 119 ‘What did Noonan put the skids under you for?’ ‘Skids? What skids? I quit.’

1938 A. J. Liebling Back where I came From 48 The men on the Bowery..had taken to hanging around saloons, drinking on empty stomachs. Eventually they had hit the skids and been forced to abscond from the genteel communities where their wives still lingered.

1943 M. McCarthy Company she Keeps v. 128 Capitalism was on the skids, and everybody ought to know about it.

1954 A. Melville Simon & Laura in Plays of Year XI. 26 You're too pigheaded to realise that the skids are well and truly under you.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed ix. 61 I'm on the skids. For good, it looks like.

1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xvi. 165 A plan by one gang to put the skids under another.

1976 Daily Mirror 12 Mar. 23/4 They were only 378p when the £ hit the skids a week ago.

1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 12/6 The Irish shoe industry, after being on the skids for six years, may be finding its feet again.

单词	on the skids
释义	> as lemmas on the skids g. plural. In figurative phrases describing impending downfall or defeat; the way to failure or ruin: to put the skids under (a person or thing), to arrange the downfall of; to remove or oust (esp. from office), to get rid of; to cause to fail; to hit the skids, to enter a rapid decline or deterioration; on the skids, on the way to defeat or ruin; in a steadily worsening state. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1918 H. C. Witwer in Collier's 9 Mar. 16/3 Me and Jeanne is gonna have a flat over in Brooklyn as soon as we put the skids under the Kaiser. 1920 H. C. Wither in Collier's 5 June 36/3 Kane Halliday, as the butlers was wonted to announce him previous to the time he hit the skids, was merely engaged to this gold mine. 1921 A. G. Empey Madonna of Hills lxi. 363 As yet it would be too dangerous to flaunt Davis openly, even if he was on the ‘skids’. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest xii. 119 ‘What did Noonan put the skids under you for?’ ‘Skids? What skids? I quit.’ 1938 A. J. Liebling Back where I came From 48 The men on the Bowery..had taken to hanging around saloons, drinking on empty stomachs. Eventually they had hit the skids and been forced to abscond from the genteel communities where their wives still lingered. 1943 M. McCarthy Company she Keeps v. 128 Capitalism was on the skids, and everybody ought to know about it. 1954 A. Melville Simon & Laura in Plays of Year XI. 26 You're too pigheaded to realise that the skids are well and truly under you. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed ix. 61 I'm on the skids. For good, it looks like. 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xvi. 165 A plan by one gang to put the skids under another. 1976 Daily Mirror 12 Mar. 23/4 They were only 378p when the £ hit the skids a week ago. 1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 12/6 The Irish shoe industry, after being on the skids for six years, may be finding its feet again. extracted from skidn. < as lemmas
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