Our colloquialisms reveal a great deal : once you are old you are " fading fast " , " over the hill " , " out to pasture" , " down the drain" , " finished " , " out of date" an " old crock" , " fogy" , " geeze" , " biddy" .

你一旦老了，便" 很快枯萎" ，" 走下坡路" ，" 靠边站" ，" 徒劳 无功" ，" 完蛋了" ，" 过时了" ，是个" 老废物" ，" 老古板" ，" 怪老头儿" 或" 长舌婆。

Many feel as though they're still in decline, and they don't have the ability to turn things around.

许多民众深感生活持续走下坡路，自身无力扭转现状。

Things started to go downhill from breakfast in the Great Hall.

从早晨在大礼堂吃早饭起，境况走下坡路了。

In retail, the industry is taking steps backwards.

整个零售业都在走下坡路。

We have seen this movie play out in the past, when North Korea has opened up after time tension, diplomacy has looked very promising and then the situation has spiraled back downward.

我们以前也看过如此情景，当朝鲜在紧张的局势下选择放之后，外交看起来很有希望，局势又走下坡路了。

Whether or not we get out of them and continue forward or spiral downward depends on whether or not we're willing to face the failure objectively and make the right decisions to turn the loop upward again.

我们是否走出困境，继续前进，还是继续走下坡路，取决于我们是否愿意客观地面对失败并且做出正确的决定，以再次扭转循环。

By the fourth century, after a lifespan of over a millennium, the Roman Empire declined.

公元4世纪，在经历了一千年后，罗马帝国走下坡路。

Yeah. So, generally speaking, 'go downhill' means that something is getting worse.

没错。那么，一般来说，“走下坡路”意味着事情变得更糟了。

Skyscrapers went up, but the economy went down.

摩天大楼拔地而起，经济却走下坡路。

The big classical names are still popular, but definitely in decline.

古典名家们仍然很受欢迎，肯定在走下坡路。

Dr Carrol is the author of a new book, 'Dropping the Mic and Jumping the Shark: Where Do Modern Idioms Come From? '.

卡罗尔博士是新书《扔麦和剧情走下坡路：现代习语从何而来》的作者。

Over the Hill means someone or something is old and does not have much value.

Over the Hill指的是，人变老或者东西变旧了，走下坡路，不再有价值。

In short, Williams had lost its way.

简而言之，威廉姆斯已经走下坡路了。

I think, look, Facebook's down, it doesn't work very much right now.

我想，脸书在走下坡路，这个公司现在运转得不太好。

But it's not all downhill for women in leadership.

女性在领导层中的地位并不全是走下坡路。

And as you pointed out, I would go downhill now and then.

正如你所指出的，我时不时会走下坡路。

Like I been telling you, over the hill.

像我跟你说的那样，走下坡路了。

Once again, he started out well, but his entire tournament was plagued by talks from fans and the media that he was going downhill.

再一次，他的局不错，他的整个比赛都被球迷和媒体的话语所困扰，他们说他正在走下坡路。

On July 23rd Spain and Italy put in place new short-selling bans, frustrating bearish hedgies everywhere. Uncertainty has made many funds nervous about placing big bets.

7月23日，西班牙和意大利发布了新的卖空禁令，将本已走下坡路的对冲基金更是打入了冷宫。不确定性使很多基金管机构不敢下大赌注。

By 2016, the name's status in the top 100 names for boys was tenuous at best, and still trending downhill despite the best efforts of stars like Brandon Routh and Brandon Flowers.

到2016年，这个名字在前100名男孩名字中的地位很不显眼，而且排名仍在下滑，尽管布兰登·劳斯(Brandon Routh)和布兰登·弗劳尔斯(Brandon Flowers)等明星尽了最大的最大努力，仍在走下坡路。