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on the ropes idiom informal doing badly and likely to fail: 处于困境;即将失败,即将完蛋 I think the business is finally on the ropes.我觉得这家企业最终要垮掉了。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples not achieving wealth, popularity, or success unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer. failedShe was a failed singer. frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director. strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film. on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unsuccessful (people and things) abortive abortively achiever be dead in the wateridiom bootless fruitlessly fruitlessness frustrated futile futilely on the rocksidiom redemption rope small-time small-timer up and downidiom vain vainly washed up you and whose army?idiom
on the ropes | American Dictionary
on the ropes idiom in serious trouble or likely to fail: For a while, our business was on the ropes.
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