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"On the rocks" meaning in trouble, especially as a marriage or relationship, comes from the age of sail. It refers to a sailing vessel caught on or in danger of running aground on the coastal rocks. Meaning "with ice cubes" the expression is saloon slang, dating from after the major electrification of the country made ice cubes generally available.

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