hit the skids
Fall into ruin
Hit the skids means to begin a sharp decline or fall into ruin.
A career, business, relationship, or person's life can hit the skids: After the divorce, his finances really hit the skids.
The phrase evokes something sliding downward uncontrollably, often toward rock bottom.
- flopComplete commercial failure
- downfallSudden loss of power
- bite the dustFail or perish utterly
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
decline · go south · collapse · wane · go downhill · lose steam · worsen · fail · washed-up · slide · on the rocks · run aground · down and out · go pear-shaped · fall from grace · crash · hit rock bottom · ruin
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- moral decaymoral decay, moral decline, moral collapse, moral bankruptcy, degeneration
fortune/success trajectory
hit the skidshit the big time
Achieve major success
strike it rich · make it big · take off · triumph · hit the jackpot
skid, hitting, hits, hitman, hitter, skidding, skidded, hitherto, skids