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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
QuÂN-Vietnamese
Ariadneah-ree-ahd-ne (Ancient Greek), ar-ee-AD-nee (English)Greek Mythology
LylaLIE-ləEnglish
MichaelMIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
JennyJEN-ee (English)English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Spanish
JuliaJOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An