on the rocks

基本解释

Boats often pile up on the rocks in the shallow water.
船常常在浅水处触礁搁浅。
So now that the euro project is on the rocks, what lessons should we draw?
因此，既然欧元项目面临破产，我们应该汲取什么样的教训？
Five years and two children later, the marriage was on the rocks, with the husband away working in East Asia.
过了五年和有了两个孩子后，婚姻触礁了，因为这个丈夫离开去东亚工作。

People also sit on the beach and on rocks in the fishing village of Menemsha to watch the sunsets.
But if I join a fraternity and they pour cow poop on my head and make me stand in the rain for a month wearing pantyhose while they throw rocks at me I then think--after it I think "God, I went through a lot of stuff to get into this fraternity.
但如果我加入之前，他们要往我头上泼牛粪,要我穿着女内裤在雨中站一个月,他们还朝我扔石头,事后我就会想,”为了加入这个兄弟会我吃了不少苦头“
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The easiest way to get the rest of the oil out is to place heavy rocks on the crushed material.

By then the whole country had heard that the couple's 10-year marriage was on the rocks.
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