go blooey

go blooey

slang To go completely awry; to totally fail. Plans for the gala went blooey after our chief donor backed out and took his millions with him.
See also: blooey, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go blooey

and go flooey (go ˈblui and go ˈflui)
in. to fall apart; to go out of order. All my plans went blooey because of the rain. I just hope everything doesn’t go flooey at the last minute.
See also: blooey, go
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • go flooey
  • blooey
  • flooey
  • all to cock
  • down the tube
  • down the tube(s)
  • down the tubes
  • chute
  • down the chute
  • get off on the wrong foot
References in periodicals archive
In this new world of laissez-faire, when things go blooey, the government itself is exposed to risk alongside hapless investors--if the commercial banks are lending federally insured deposits along with their own investment plays or are exercising what amounts to an equity position in the failed management.
CRIME IN THE SUITES