go belly-up

短语

发音

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词形变化

goes belly-up 三单 goes belly-up going belly-up gone belly-up went belly-up going belly-up 现在分词 went belly-up 过去式 gone belly-up 过去式 gone belly-up 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To die.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    To fail or fold; especially, to be closed or shut down, or go out of business.

    非正式

    I was sorry to hear that my favorite little restaurant went belly-up.

词源

From the tendency of fish to float upside down when they die.

来源：wiktionary