belly up

iflas etmek, batmak

Bir işletmenin borçlarını ödeyemediği için batması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: go belly up (The company went belly up after losing its biggest customer.)

Eş anlamlılar: go bankrupt, go bust, fail

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: go belly up, company goes belly up

sofraya oturmak, tezgâha oturmak

Yemek veya içmek üzere bir masaya, tezgâha ya da bara oturmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: belly up to something (We bellied up to the kitchen table for breakfast.)

Eş anlamlılar: sit down

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: belly up to something, belly up for dinner

ölü, batmış

Ölmüş ya da artık çalışmayan, faaliyet göstermeyen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: dead, defunct, finished

Zıt anlamlılar: alive, operational

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: go belly up, float belly up

hevesle yaklaşmak, yanaşmak

Özellikle içki sipariş etmek için bir yere hevesle veya kendinden emin biçimde yaklaşmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Nasıl kullanılır: belly up to someone/something (The customers bellied up to the counter to order their drinks.)

Eş anlamlılar: approach, step up to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: belly up to something, belly up to someone