the wheels came off the wagon

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the wheels came off the wagon

1. Alternative form of the wheels fell off
   • 2012, David L. Smith, The Predicament:

     However, until the wheels came off the wagon in 2008, no doubt existed as to the efficacy of Bush's Reaganomics redux in feathering the nests of his wealthy “base.”