hit the skids | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic,originallyUS)Tofail; todecline.2010, Ganesh Rathnam, Mises Daily, “A Greek Tragedy in the Making”, inMises Institute‎[1]:After all, if these measures could've succeeded, they would've been implemented five years ago when the world economy hadn't yethit the skids.2023June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, inThe Atlantic‎[2]:A metaverse backlash, already fully rooted, began to bloom. Microsoft’s military contracthit the skids, Disney laid off its entire metaverse team, and even Zuckerberg’s own employees seem not to have much time for the technology.

Examples:

EN: He sure hit the skids.
ES: Qué bajo cayó.
EN: Must've hit the skids.
ES: Puede que tenga una mala racha.
EN: I never seen a dame yet that's still around when you hit the skids!
ES: Nunca he visto que una mujer se quede cuando te va mal.
EN: I know what they're saying. That I've lost my grip, that I've hit the skids.
ES: Dicen que perdí mi toque y que me derrumbe.
EN: Even the best man can hit the skids these days.
ES: Hoy en día, hasta el más capacitado puede arruinarse.
EN: I love Marjo but yet I hit the skids.
ES: Amo a Marjo pero aún pego los rodillos.
EN: Uh, he hit the skids and drank himself to death.
ES: Empezó a ir cuesta abajo y bebió hasta morir.
EN: So this is where their arrangement hit the skids?
ES: ¿Entonces aquí es dónde se arruinó el acuerdo?
EN: Her career hit the skids so she decided to make one final stab at immortality.
ES: Su carrera se acabó, así que decidió dar un último paso a la inmortalidad.
EN: Didn't Christine Sandler hit the skids with a cocaine habit?
ES: ¿No Christine Sandler golpear el patines con una adicción a la cocaína?
EN: I mean, sure, he's out of work now, but he's hit the skids a lot of times, and he always manages to bounce right back up.
ES: Digo, está desempleado, pero ya la ha pasado mal antes y siempre se la arregla para volver a estar bien.
EN: Your whole life will hit the skids
ES: "Que tu vida se hará añicos
EN: Boy, that guy's career has really hit the skids.
ES: Hey, ése chico si que hizo carrera.
EN: Went back to the street game once his hip-hop career hit the skids.
ES: Volvió a las calles cuando fracasó su carrera en el hip-hop.
EN: she's just happy 'cause Stevens and O'Malley hit the skids.
ES: Está feliz porque Stevens y O'Malley van cuesta abajo.

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