on the rocks
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Sense: bankrupt, destitute, impoverished
Synonyms:
aground, busted, in receivership, insolvent, beggared, dead broke, flat broke, poverty stricken, wiped out, down and out, dirt poor, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, strapped
Sense: in ruins, foundered, in a shambles
Synonyms:
Sense: over ice cubes, on ice, undiluted, straight.
Synonyms:
with ice