belly up

faire faillite, couler

Pour une entreprise, faire faillite parce qu’elle ne peut plus payer ses dettes.

En anglais simple : If a business does this, it fails because it cannot pay its debts.

• The company went belly up.
• Several shops went belly up during the recession.
• Will the business go belly up if sales keep falling?

Comment l'utiliser : go belly up (The company went belly up after losing its biggest customer.)

Synonymes : go bankrupt, go bust, fail

Expressions courantes : go belly up, company goes belly up

s’attabler, s’installer au comptoir

S’installer à une table ou au comptoir pour manger ou boire.

En anglais simple : To sit at a bar, counter, or table, ready to eat or drink.

• Belly up to the table, everyone!
• We bellied up to the counter for lunch.
• They were bellying up to the bar for their evening drinks.

Comment l'utiliser : belly up to something (We bellied up to the kitchen table for breakfast.)

Synonymes : sit down

Expressions courantes : belly up to something, belly up for dinner

mort, fini

Mort, ou qui ne fonctionne plus et a cessé son activité.

En anglais simple : Dead, or no longer working or operating.

• The fish was belly up in the pond.
• By morning, the old computer was belly up.
• Their business went belly up within a year.

Synonymes : dead, defunct, finished

Contraires : alive, operational

Expressions courantes : go belly up, float belly up

s’approcher, s’accouder au comptoir

S’approcher avec empressement ou assurance, notamment pour commander une boisson au bar.

En anglais simple : To move close to a place eagerly or confidently, especially to order a drink.

• Belly up to the bar!
• He bellied up to the bartender and ordered a beer.
• The thirsty workers were bellying up to the drinks counter.

Comment l'utiliser : belly up to someone/something (The customers bellied up to the counter to order their drinks.)

Synonymes : approach, step up to

Expressions courantes : belly up to something, belly up to someone