单词 | put the skids under |
释义 | put the skids underBring about the failure or defeat of, as in It was lack of funds that put the skids under the new senior center. The skids here are runners or rollers on which a heavy object may be moved. [Colloquial; early 1900s] Words nearby put the skids underput the kibosh on, put the lid on, put the make on, put the screws on, put the skids on, put the skids under, put through, put through the wringer, puttie, puttier, putting green The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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