"on the rocks" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the rocks.ogg [Australia]
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  1. Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks. Derived forms: on-the-rocks glass, rocks glass Related terms: schooner on the rocks Translations (poured over ice): jäillä (Finnish), avec des glaçons (French), jéggel (Hungarian), con ghiaccio (Italian), ロック (rokku) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-on_the_rocks-en-prep_phrase-njnUmgVU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'poured over ice': 100 0
  2. In a bad state, particularly of a romantic relationship. Translations (in a bad state): kivillä (Finnish), karilla (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-on_the_rocks-en-prep_phrase-lp4HgaH4 Disambiguation of 'in a bad state': 3 97

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