on the skids

on the skids

1. (idiomatic) In decline; going downhill; in trouble.
   • 1938 June 27, "Work Undone," Time:

     Entering an election year, no Congress obeys a second-term President whose popularity is on the skids.

   • 2007 December 17, "Hot-tempered soul man a rock original," The Australian (retrieved 12 May 2009):

     Without her, his life was on the skids.

• hit the skids
• skid row