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What does on the rocks mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) Poured over ice, usually in reference to alcoholic drinks.
  2. (idiomatic) In a bad state, particularly of a romantic relationship.
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They reported bodies everywhere, in the water and on the rocks, in caves and at abandoned campsites, the survivors disfigured by ugly pockmarks.
Below, crabs sidestepped on the rocks and all kinds of fish darted by, making the snorkelling superb.
They had built a breakwater so ineffectual that any boat taking overnight shelter behind it was likely to be smashed to matchwood on the rocks.
I love to just sit on the rocks for hours and watch and listen to the ocean.
There were a lot of rocks to pick through, and it was a ways down, but once I perched on the rocks by the waterside it was worth it.
Either side, water plummets over the dizzying drop in great cascading sheets, crashing down on the rocks far below.

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