"belly up" in Chinese (Simplified)
破产垮掉仰面朝上（字面）
Definition
“Belly up” 是一个非正式表达，意思是某事失败、破产或不再运作。字面意思也可以指动物仰面死去漂浮着。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
非常不正式，多用于形容公司或项目失败（如“公司倒闭了”）。字面用法几乎只用于动物死亡仰面漂浮。不要在正式场合使用。与“破产”，“倒闭”相似。
Examples
The store went belly up last year.
那家商店去年**倒闭**了。
Their plan went belly up after the mistake.
他们的计划在出错后**失败**了。
Many restaurants went belly up during the crisis.
危机期间许多餐馆**倒闭**了。
Our project’s going belly up if we don’t fix this soon.
如果我们不尽快解决，这个项目就要**垮掉**了。
When the market crashed, his business went belly up overnight.
市场崩盘时，他的公司一夜之间就**破产**了。
I bought some fish, but by morning they were all belly up in the tank.
我买的鱼到了早上都**仰面朝上**死在鱼缸里了。