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be on the rocks

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be on the rocks

if a marriage or other romantic relationship is on the rocks, it has problems and is likely to end soon. It was no great surprise when they announced their divorce. The marriage had been on the rocks for some time.

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The long-held assumption that the earth has been ice-free for significant stretches of geologic time may be on the rocks. Warm cretaceous earth: don't hold the ice by Monastersky, Richard / Science News More results

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