on the rocks

Example Sentences

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“We can gather limpets,” I said, “and mussels on the rocks.”

From Literature

Suddenly it was silent, as silent as it could be with the waves running high and throwing themselves up on the rocks at our feet.

From Literature

Now renamed the People's Party, their hopes that they would improve on their 2023 performance were dashed on the rocks of the old-style patronage networks which have dominated provincial politics in Thailand throughout its modern history.

From BBC

Their marriage was on the rocks, and on the day she went missing Arlene had been due to meet a solicitor to discuss a £250,000 divorce.

From BBC

But Nim got another load and then another, till she had twenty fat coconuts heaped on the rocks, and then she hurled them into the water one by one.

From Literature