skids

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

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.

"I don't see a lot of people putting the skids on this, except lots of lawsuits that we're seeing and injunctions," he said.

“The Apprentice” shows how the bromance between Trump and Cohn eventually cools and hits the skids.