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1 her marriage/career is on the skids
su matrimonio/carrera se está yendo al garete, su matrimonio/carrera está cayendo en picadoEnglish-spanish dictionary > her marriage/career is on the skids
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2 skid
skid
1. past tense, past participle - skidded; verb(to slide accidentally sideways: His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.) derrapar, patinar
2. noun1) (an accidental slide sideways.) patinazo, derrapaje2) (a wedge etc put under a wheel to check it on a steep place.) calce; patínskid vb derrapar / patinartr[skɪd]1 patinar, derrapar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be on the skids ir cuesta abajoto go into a skid patinar, derraparto put the skids under somebody/something (cause to fail) poner zancadillas a alguien/algoto skid to a halt frenar patinandoskid row SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL barrios nombre masculino plural bajos, barriadas nombre femenino pluralskid n: derrape m, patinazo mn.• calzo s.m.• derrape s.m.• desliz s.f.• deslizamiento s.m.• patinazo s.m.• patín s.m.• resbalón s.m.• rodillo s.m.v.• derrapar v.• deslizar v.• patinar (Automóvil) v.• patinar una rueda v.• resbalar v.• resbalar un coche v.
I skɪdto go into a skid — patinar, derrapar; (before n)
skid marks — marcas fpl de un patinazo
2) ( for moving goods) rastra fto be on the skids — (colloq) ir* cuesta abajo
to put the skids under somebody — hacerle* or (Esp) ponerle* la zancadilla a alguien, (a)serrucharle el piso a alguien (CS)
3) ( support) (AmE) larguero m
II
intransitive verb - dd- \<\<car/plane/wheels\>\> patinar, derrapar; \<\<person\>\> resbalarse; \<\<object\>\> deslizarse*[skɪd]we skidded off the road — patinamos or derrapamos y nos salimos de la carretera
1. N1) (Aut etc) patinazo m, resbalón m2) (Aer) patín m- grease the skids- put the skids under sb2.VI (Aut) patinar; [person, object] deslizarse, resbalarseto skid into — dar con or contra
I skidded into a tree — patiné y di contra un árbol, de un patinazo di contra un árbol
3.CPDskid mark N — (on road) marca f de frenazo; (in underpants) palomino * m
skid row * N — (US) calles donde se refugian los borrachos, drogadictos etc
* * *
I [skɪd]to go into a skid — patinar, derrapar; (before n)
skid marks — marcas fpl de un patinazo
2) ( for moving goods) rastra fto be on the skids — (colloq) ir* cuesta abajo
to put the skids under somebody — hacerle* or (Esp) ponerle* la zancadilla a alguien, (a)serrucharle el piso a alguien (CS)
3) ( support) (AmE) larguero m
II
intransitive verb - dd- \<\<car/plane/wheels\>\> patinar, derrapar; \<\<person\>\> resbalarse; \<\<object\>\> deslizarse*we skidded off the road — patinamos or derrapamos y nos salimos de la carretera
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3 skid
1. intransitive verb,- dd-2) (on foot) rutschen2. noun1) Schlittern/Schleudern, dasgo into a skid — ins Schlittern/Schleudern geraten
2) (Aeronaut.) Gleitkufe, die* * *[skid] 1. past tense, past participle - skidded; verb(to slide accidentally sideways: His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.) rutschen2. noun1) (an accidental slide sideways.) das Rutschen2) (a wedge etc put under a wheel to check it on a steep place.) der Stützbalken* * *[skɪd]I. vi<- dd->to \skid to a halt schlitternd zum Stehen kommento \skid off the road von der Straße geschleudert werden2. (slide over surface)▪ to \skid along/across sth (in a controlled fashion) über etw akk [hinweg]gleiten; (out of control) über etw akk rutschenII. nto correct a \skid ein Fahrzeug wieder unter Kontrolle bringento go into a \skid ins Schleudern geraten4.* * *[skɪd]1. nto steer into/against a skid — mit-/gegensteuern
to go into a skid — ins Schleudern geraten or kommen
to correct a skid, to pull out of a skid — das Fahrzeug abfangen or wieder in seine Gewalt bekommen
2) (on wheel) Rolle fhe was on or hit the skids (inf) — es ging abwärts mit ihm
her marriage/career is on the skids (inf) — ihre Ehe/Karriere ist ins Schleudern geraten
to put the skids under sb/sb's plans (inf) — jdn/jds Pläne zu Fall bringen, jdm die Suppe versalzen (inf)
2. vi(car, objects) schleudern; (person) ausrutschento skid across the floor — über den Boden rutschen or schlittern
* * *skid [skıd]A s1. Stützbalken m2. TECHa) Rolle f (für Lasten)b) Ladebalken m, -bock m, Gleitschiene f3. Bremsklotz m5. SCHIFFa) pl Holzfender mb) Bootsschlitten mgo into a skid → C 2;a) Schleuderspur f,b) jemandes Pläne etc durchkreuzen,he’s on the skids es geht abwärts mit ihmB v/t1. auf einer Gleitschiene oder auf Rollen fortbewegen2. ein Rad bremsen, hemmenC v/i1. rutschen, (ab-, aus)gleiten3. FLUG seitlich abrutschen* * *1. intransitive verb,- dd-1) schlittern; (from one side to the other; spinning round) schleudern2) (on foot) rutschen2. noun1) Schlittern/Schleudern, dasgo into a skid — ins Schlittern/Schleudern geraten
2) (Aeronaut.) Gleitkufe, die* * *n.Kufe -n f.Rahmen - m.Rutsch -en m.Schlitten m. v.rutschen v.schleudern v.
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