| 单词 | to go belly-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go belly-up 2. figurative. colloquial (originally U.S.). In or into a situation of having failed (esp. financially), died, finished, or become defunct. Esp. in to go belly-up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adverb] > come to an unsuccessful end up1787 belly-up1920 1920 J. Dos Passos Let. 12 Sept. in Fourteenth Chron. (1973) 300 Labor's belly up completely—The only hope is in the I.W.W. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel v. 417 What he wanted to do was to get in on the big war before it went bellyup. 1972 New Yorker 11 Nov. 80 It had already crossed Liebergot's mind that the astronauts could be what he called ‘belly up’ in a matter of hours. 1975 Guardian Weekly 11 Oct. (Washington Post section) 17 If New York can go belly-up, why not any city in the nation. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 2 Dec. c15/15 We're seeing a complete ecosystem go belly up. 2004 S. Quigley Run for Home (2005) xi. 166 The whole firm just went belly up. < as lemmas |
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