on the ropes
中文翻譯：
倒在欄索上, 處於困境, 瀕於失敗on the ropes
相關對話：
- The shop is on the ropes and must surely have to close soon.這家商店已到破產的邊緣，肯定得關閉。
- The sails are not responding to our pull on the ropes; the fastenings must got twisted somehow.現在我們用繩索拉不動風帆，一定是有些扣拴不知怎么地被扭曲了。