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Zack Phuc
2021-07-05 05:07
To go belly up verb phrase
If something goes belly up, it crashes, fails to work or has a problem.
Jane woke up at 6:00 a.m. to go to work early. Unfortunately, her car went belly up, so she had no choice but took the overcrowded bus.
My phone has gone belly up again, so I don't think we can call your mother now.
If something goes belly up, it fails or goes bankrupt.
Last year, many companies went belly up because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Without financial support, our project will go belly up in one to two months.
1. To become shabby or worn along the edges when talking about fabric or threads
2. To become weaker or less effective, or start to fail
To stop doing one's current activity
1. To fail completely
2. To become separated from something that was stuck to
1. If you say that something dies a natural death, you mean that it fails, fades away, or no longer exists.
2. If you say that someone dies a natural death, you mean that he dies because of disease or old age.
The verb "go" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This idiom was initially used in the early 1900s and refers to the posture of a dead fish in the water.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
