Shortly thereafter, financial institutions hit the skids in rapid succession.

此后不久，金融机构接二连三地出现触礁。

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The whole project hit the skids when it failed to win the approval of the trustees.

整个工程由于没有得到受托管理人的赞助而每况愈下。

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Such chatter has spread like wildfire, but insiders have denied that the phone has hit the skids.

这个谣言已经像火灾一样蔓延开来了，但是内部人员否认遇到这个挫折。

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So how do you know if your best supplier or customer is about to hit the skids?

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Unfortunately, the lumbering sturgeon proved all too easy to catch, and their U.S. population quickly hit the skids.

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Actress Drew Barrymore's nuptials to comic Tom Green hit the skids after five months.

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