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Phrase: on the rocks
Usage: informal
  1. In difficulties and likely to fail
    "The company was on the rocks after losing its biggest client";
    - on the ropes [informal]
Adjective: on the rocks
Usage: informal
  1. (of a drink) served neat with ice
    "He ordered a whiskey on the rocks"

Encyclopedia: On the rocks