skid row BrE AmE , Skid Row /ˌskɪd ˈrəʊ $ -ˈroʊ/ noun
1 . be on skid row informal if someone is on skid row, they drink too much alcohol and have no job, nowhere to live etc
2 . [uncountable] used to talk about a part of a city with a lot of old buildings in bad condition, where poor people who drink too much alcohol spend their time