"go belly up" 怎么发音

expression

US

GOH BEL-ee UHP

UK

gOH BEL-ee UP

释义

If a company or project goes belly up, it fails completely or becomes bankrupt. The expression can also be used more generally to mean that something stops working or collapses.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈɡoʊ/ /ˈbɛɫi/ /ˈəp

英式英语

ɡˈəʊ/ /bˈɛli/ /ˈʌp

简化发音

美式

GOH BEL-ee UHP

英式

gOH BEL-ee UP

语境中听

The restaurant went belly up after only six months.

Many small shops go belly up during tough economic times.

If the project goes belly up, we'll lose our investment.

Their plan looked good at first but then it just went belly up overnight.