it's all downhill

Idioms  

1. Also, it's all uphill from here. See under downhill all the way.

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Example Sentences

"You get a lot of people that like to write you off as soon as you reach 40, it's all downhill from there, is what you hear," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

“You get a lot of people that like to write you off as soon as you reach 40, it’s all downhill from there,” said her 40-year-old U.S. teammate, Kaillie Humphries Armbruster, who took bronze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Right now, futures have a two-in-three chance the Fed hikes by 25bp on Wednesday, but then it's all downhill with 75-100bp of easing implied by year-end.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2023

But, uh, if you don't do the work, it's all downhill after that.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022

Doesn't it seem twice as far coming back as going, although it's all downhill?

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela