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	Pronounced	Usage
Arjan	AHR-yahn	Dutch
Nikolay	nee-kah-LIE (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
JÓAnnes	-	Faroese
Balduino	-	Spanish
Albus	-	Ancient Roman
Tobias	to-BEE-ahs (German), tə-BIE-əs (English)	Biblical, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek