Definition of "on the rocks" []

• Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks. (adjective)
• In a bad state, particularly of a romantic relationship. (adjective)

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• "Near Glen Helen, where the Finke River goes through a gap in the Macdonnell Ranges and heads south towards the Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre, we turned northward upstream and wound along on the rocks and sand of its upper bed, through big river red gums."
• "This might be a clumsy attempt to make the death look accidental; the scenario would be that Dr. Nunley somehow slipped and fell into the open grave, hitting his head on the rocks that lay in the bottom."
• "The lichen on the rocks is a rude and simple shield which beginning and imperfect Nature suspended there."