belly up

基本解释

He played the poor fish until it rolled, belly up, from exhaustion.
他让那可怜的鱼儿挣扎，直到肚子朝天、精疲力竭为止。
But the company ran into hard times and finally went belly up so now I have to find another job.
但是那家公司遇到了困难，最后倒闭了，所以目前我只得再找工作。
We also pass two dead whales, belly up on the surface, prompting an irreverent suggestion that we tow them to Svalbard to use as bear bait.
我们还驶过两条腹部朝天的死鲸鱼，有人提议把它们拖到斯瓦尔巴群岛上去当熊饵。

Every time one of these chosen few goes belly up, taxpayers get stuck with the tab.
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Understandably the head of the ECB does not want to see his currency go belly up.
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Nevertheless, lots and lots of money went pouring into online ventures that rapidly went belly up.
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