英语成语:go belly up
(informal)to fail completely
机译:（非正式的）彻底失败
Last year the business went belly up after one of the partners resigned.
机译:去年，在其中一位合伙人辞职后，公司破产了。
1. To break or malfunction; to die, fall apart, or cease to work. ("Belly up" is sometimes hyphenated.) It looks like our co-op might be going belly-up if we aren’t granted a license for our communal work premises.
机译:1.损坏或失灵；死亡、崩溃或停止工作。（“Belly up”有时用连字符表示。）如果我们没有获得公共工作场所的许可证，我们的合作社可能会破产。
Sorry, Mark, I’d love to give you a lift to the airport, but my car has gone belly up on me again.
机译:对不起，马克，我很想搭你去机场，但我的车又撞到我了。
2. By extension, to have a poor, undesired, or ruinous outcome; to fail completely or not come together at all. The merger deal between the two companies went belly-up when it came to light that one of the CEOs had been dodging tax obligations for several years.
机译:2.引申而言，产生糟糕的、不希望的或毁灭性的结果；彻底失败或根本没有走到一起。当其中一位首席执行官几年来一直在逃避纳税义务的消息曝光后，两家公司的合并交易告吹。
We were all set to have our picnic on Saturday, but the weather went belly up and we had to cancel at the last minute.
机译:我们本来打算周六野餐，但天气不好，我们不得不在最后一刻取消。
