go belly up

基本解释

In the modern world, a company that does not earn enough profit is said to go belly up .
在現在這個社會，一個公司如果不能得到足夠的利潤就意味著事業破産。
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With a bond, you always get your interest and principal at maturity, assuming the issuer doesn't go belly up.
投資債券，衹要債券發行者沒有破産，你縂能在到期的時候獲得利息和本金。
Jeff:My uncle's afraid that our company is going to go belly up.
傑夫：我叔叔擔心我們公司會倒閉。
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