hit the skids

hit the skids

To experience a period of trouble or decline. The team started the season so well, but they've really hit the skids recently. I think Marissa and I are going to break up soon—we've hit the skids.
See also: hit, skid
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hit the skids

Fig. to decline; to decrease in value or status. Jed hit the skids when he started drinking. The firm hit the skids when the dollar collapsed.
See also: hit, skid
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hit the skids

begin a rapid decline or deterioration. informal
The origin of skid is uncertain, but it may be connected with the Old Norse word from which English ski is derived. It is used here and in the next two entries in the sense of a plank or roller on which a heavy object may be placed in order to move it easily.
See also: hit, skid
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hit the ˈskids

(especially American English) begin to decline or get worse very quickly: In February shares hit the skids, and in one day $1 bn was wiped off the value of the company.
See also: hit, skid
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hit the skids

tv. to decline; to decrease in value or status; to go downhill (figuratively). Jed hit the skids when he started drinking.
See also: hit, skid
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • on the skids
  • skid
  • be on the skids
  • put the skids on
  • put the skids on (something)
  • the skids
  • been keeping out of trouble
  • been keeping out of trouble?
  • (Have you) been keeping out of trouble?
  • grease the skids
References in periodicals archive
TOP Gear's new series hit the skids when Freddie Flintoff injured his co-star - with a watermelon.
Bop Gear with Fred
Top Gear's new series hit the skids when Freddie Flintoff cut fellow presenter Chris Harris's head with a watermelon.
Top Gear's new series hit []; TALK TV
Called The Book of John, the show is described as "raw, personal and brutally honest" and deals with the time he met a man called John, just as he thought his own life had hit the skids.
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THE number of vans and trucks made in the UK hit the skids last month, crashing 35 per cent.
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Evans, owned by private equity firm ECI Partners, hit the skids in 2015 when pre-tax profits slumped 69% to PS1.37 million.
Chief exec leaves after profits fall
Hatton, who has had problems with drink and drugs, admitted it was a therapeutic session for both ex-champions who hit the skids after struggling to cope, the report said.
'Drug addict' Hatton says meeting Mike Tyson was 'therapy' for him
THE stars of Dancing On Ice are taking the show on the road, after the official tour hit the skids.
Stars of show to hit the road
Jenson Button's season may have well and truly hit the skids, but there's no way he'll be pulling the handbrake on his championship bid anytime soon.
Jenson Button clings to F1 hope at Valencia
Lembit Opik tried his hand at stand-up comedy when his parliamentary career hit the skids, while Michael Portillo now presents programmes about trains.
Money's too tight; KAT'S WHISPERS Kat Keogh gets her claws into celebrity culture
The ruddy parents live in a bubble Don't keep tabs on their own kids That's why we've hit the skids Don't know what their own do One of them, it could have been you Just as well, you have upbringing Is that the doorbell ringing?
Poets' corner
Elena Baltacha (far left) had barely recovered from losing to Dinara Safina in the Australian Open singles when her women's doubles campaign hit the skids. The Scot and Latvian partner Liga Dekmeijere lost 6-0 6-2 in the second round to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwanska.
DOUBLES BURST FOR GB HOPES
* SHOPPERS hit the skids after a pre-Christmas weekend of heavy snow hit in the area - said to the worst December snow in 20 years.
The end of a decade; December
Of course, there is always something going on with Razorback football, and we break down the reasons the Hogs' basketball team has suddenly hit the skids. Our regular media partners give us their takes on sports as well.
From the publisher
You know you've hit the skids when "less ravaged/mottled/ wattled than average" becomes a compliment.
Women's Own
Englishman Donald seemed in total control, jumping clear with three early birdies, but he hit the skids with a double bogey at the par-four ninth hole, where he took three shots to get to the edge of the green, and three more to hole out at the Four Seasons TPC.
Donald lets lead slide