1. (of a drink) served neat with ice

1. In difficulties and likely to fail
   - on the ropes

Encyclopedia: On the rocks

• strike
• strike a blow
• strike a chord
• strike a note
• strike back
• strike down
• strike dumb
• strike hard
• strike home
• strike leader
• strike off
• strike pay
• strike up
• strike zone
• strike-slip fault
• strikebound
• strikebreaker
• strikebreaking
• strikeout
• striker
• striking
• strikingly
• strikingness
• strimmer
• Strindberg