go belly-up

go belly-up

Fail, go bankrupt, as in This company's about to go belly-up. This expression alludes to the posture of a dead fish in the water. [Slang; early 1900s] Also see go broke.

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Sukhrab		-	Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Aatami		AH:-tah-mee	Finnish
Vjera		-	Croatian, Serbian
Heimirich		-	Ancient Germanic
Onisimu		-	Old Church Slavic
Lynette		li-NET	English

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