belly up

Related to belly up: belly up to the bar

belly up

1. Defunct. The phrase likely refers to how dead fish float. Oh, that idea went belly up when the CEO criticized it. Once news of the embezzlement scandal broke, the company went belly up.

2. To walk up to something. It is often used in the expression "belly up to the bar," which does not necessarily refer to an actual bar. Come on, just belly up to the bar! Push through that crowd in the lobby so we can get to the check-in desk today!

3. Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really belly up!

See also: belly, up

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

belly up (to something)

to move up to something, often a bar. (Usually in reference to nudging one's way to a bar.) The man swaggered in and bellied up to the counter and demanded my immediate attention. As he bellied up, he said, "Do you know who I am?"

See also: belly, up

belly up

1. intoxicated by alcohol. Fred was boiled—belly up—glassy-eyed. After four beers, I was belly up, for sure.

2. Sl. (of a business) bankrupt; dead. (Like a dead fish that floats belly up.) That's the end. This company is belly up. After the fire the firm went belly up.

See also: belly, up

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

belly up

v. Slang

To approach closely: The drunk tourists bellied up to the bar and drank some more. They were shy, but when we asked them over, they eventually bellied up and joined us.

See also: belly, up

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

belly up

verb

See belly up to something

See also: belly, up

belly up

1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Sylvia was boiled—belly up—glassy-eyed.

2. mod. dead. That’s the end. This company is belly up. (See also turn belly up.) After the fire the firm went belly up.

3. Go to belly up (to something).

See also: belly, up

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

be dead in the water
dead in the water
fold (up) (one's) tent
fold one's tent
big fish
a big fish
politically correct
crush it
catch a tiger by the tail
the blame for (something)

词组	belly up
释义	belly up Related to belly up: belly up to the bar belly up 1. Defunct. The phrase likely refers to how dead fish float. Oh, that idea went belly up when the CEO criticized it. Once news of the embezzlement scandal broke, the company went belly up. 2. To walk up to something. It is often used in the expression "belly up to the bar," which does not necessarily refer to an actual bar. Come on, just belly up to the bar! Push through that crowd in the lobby so we can get to the check-in desk today! 3. Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really belly up! See also: belly, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. belly up (to something) to move up to something, often a bar. (Usually in reference to nudging one's way to a bar.) The man swaggered in and bellied up to the counter and demanded my immediate attention. As he bellied up, he said, "Do you know who I am?" See also: belly, up belly up 1. intoxicated by alcohol. Fred was boiled—belly up—glassy-eyed. After four beers, I was belly up, for sure. 2. Sl. (of a business) bankrupt; dead. (Like a dead fish that floats belly up.) That's the end. This company is belly up. After the fire the firm went belly up. See also: belly, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. belly up v. Slang To approach closely: The drunk tourists bellied up to the bar and drank some more. They were shy, but when we asked them over, they eventually bellied up and joined us. See also: belly, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. belly up verb See belly up to something See also: belly, up belly up 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Sylvia was boiled—belly up—glassy-eyed. 2. mod. dead. That’s the end. This company is belly up. (See also turn belly up.) After the fire the firm went belly up. 3. Go to belly up (to something). See also: belly, up McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: be dead in the water dead in the water fold (up) (one's) tent fold one's tent big fish a big fish politically correct crush it catch a tiger by the tail the blame for (something)
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