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Guest  #105808  Sun, 05 Jun 05 03:21 PM
It's on the rocks.

He rocks.

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nona the brit  #105869  Sun, 05 Jun 05 07:08 PM
There's a ship over there...oh my god....it's on the rocks (quick...call the coastguard.)


I'd like a whiskey please, on the rocks. (poured over ice)

Our marriage is on the rocks (we are doomed).

Have you heard Jon Bon Jovi? He rocks! (I am a sad person with no musical taste).


  
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asdf  #105907  Mon, 06 Jun 05 12:00 AM
"On the rocks" also is a figure of speech to mean headed for disaster or rough times ("Their marriage is on the rocks.")
  
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