On the rocks

On the rocks is a term used in bartending, simply meaning "with ice". For example, a "scotch on the rocks" is a scotch whisky poured over ice cubes.

Related Topics:
Bartending - Scotch whisky - Ice cubes

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Sometimes cooled rocks (e.g granite cubes) instead of ice cubes are used (see the Links below). This avoids the inevitable "watering down" of the drink one gets with ice cubes.

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On the rocks can also mean "in deep trouble" or "wrecked", as in "His career is on the rocks." In this sense the saying comes from nautical terminology, as when a ship is wrecked by going aground on the rocks.

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