the skids

To be “on the skids” was to be destitute.

I think in the beginning Trump's adoration for Putin was really just about his strongman image, which Trump loves, and also a very obvious pecuniary interest in currying favor with the man who might grease the skids for him to build a Trump Tower in Moscow just in case the whole presidential thing didn't work out.

With Trump back in the White House and the economy on the skids, Democrats will surely brush off their familiar playbook and seek to turn the governor’s race into a referendum on the unpopular president.

The skids are situated in the underfloor wooden plank, which also has a minimum depth for the same reason.

The skids are situated in the underfloor wooden plank, which also has a minimum depth for the same reason.