on the rocks

English

A negroni on the rocks

Etymology

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Prepositional phrase

on the rocks

1. Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks.

   Coordinate terms: neat, straight up

   I'll have a whisky on the rocks.

2. In a bad state, particularly of a romantic relationship.

   Joe and Tammy's relationship is on the rocks again.

   • 2022 May 21, Peter Bradshaw, “Triangle of Sadness review – heavy-handed satire on the super-rich loses its shape”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Everything of interest happens in the first ten minutes. A male model called Carl (Harris Dickinson) senses after a calamitous audition that his career is already on the rocks, all washed up.

Derived terms

• on-the-rocks glass
• rocks glass

 

Related terms

• schooner on the rocks

Translations

poured over ice

• Finnish: jäillä (fi)
• French: avec des glaçons
• Hungarian: jéggel
• Italian: con ghiaccio
• Japanese: ロック (ja) (rokku)

in a bad state

• Finnish: kivillä (fi), karilla (fi)

Anagrams

• Stonhocker