be on the ropes

But behind the apparent success, the company was on the ropes.

And she rejected the notion the campaign was on the ropes.

Kentucky was on the ropes now, though it still led, 72-69.

The 2010 Super 14 showed the real potential of a team that had been on the ropes for the last 6 years.

As Bryan's feet were on the ropes however, the match continued.

A bill to reshape the nation's legal system is on the ropes in the Senate.

Oh, the boy was on the ropes, he thought, and didn't even know it.

Even estate agents admit the market is on the ropes in many areas.

"Alcohol makes an easy target now that tobacco seems to be on the ropes."

A thousand miles away in the power corridors of Moscow, the company is on the ropes.

But we are on the ropes with short shrift in the player department.

There's two or three more teams that are on the ropes now, and every one of us can see it coming."

The Japanese economy has been on the ropes for most of the 1990's.

The turnaround is remarkable for a man whose government has been on the ropes repeatedly in the last year.

Airstream was on the ropes when its creator died in 1962.

Apple being on the ropes 15 years or so ago doesn't have anything to do with the discussion.

The piece says that "the future of gender-integrated training in the military is on the ropes."

But they suggest that the talk in Washington about competition being on the ropes is overblown.

"I guess he believed you were on the ropes."

Despite an overwhelming advantage in firepower, the military Government is on the ropes.

This time, Stewart's right arm was on the ropes.

But don't believe the hype about men being on the ropes, culturally speaking.

The army claims the Tigers are on the ropes.

My favorite company was on the ropes, financially, technologically, and emotionally.

The state sector has been on the ropes, and government forced to dumb down exam levels ever since.