in. to fail. belly up.) : I sort of felt that the whole thing would go belly up, and I was right. (See also , The computer—on its last legs anyway—turned belly up right in the middle of an important job.
in. to die. (As a fish does when it dies.) : Every fish in Greg's tank went belly up last night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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