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
GyÖNgyi	DYUUN-dyee	Hungarian
Gian	-	Italian (Archaic)
Shouhei	sho:-he:	Japanese
Benton	[ben'tən]
Adamina	a-də-MEE-nə	English (Rare)
Larisa	lah-REE-sah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Greek Mythology