Having no money anymore; having lost all his money.
1 And, when it all suddenly went belly - up , questions began to be asked.
2 The creature tumbled down the wall and lay belly - up on the floor.
3 CLearly he hasn't heard about the Red Cafe which went belly - up in Dublin.
4 After the summer flood the fishermen find carp floating belly - up in the shallows.
5 Like bubbles rising in a cauldron, hundreds of silvery fish bobbed belly - up , dead.
6 It lands belly - up , soundless except for the whine of its engine.
7 Doofus was asleep, too, belly - up on the rug by the bed.
8 A dead beetle, taller than me, lies belly - up on the rough-hewn wooden floor.
9 Some larger mortgage companies, like American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. AHMIQ.PK, have gone belly - up .
10 Even if you have inside information about a stock, it can still go belly - up .
11 Ebert Construction is the latest construction company to go belly - up .
12 The property was sold, the building was knocked down, then the buyer went belly - up .
13 One or several individual funds could go belly - up with no financial impact on the company.
14 Five years ago this month, Lehman Brothers went belly - up .
15 When my two-year visa was coming to an end, everything was going belly - up at home.
16 Many e-learning startups have gone belly - up , realizing the enormous costs of launching efficacious courses online.
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