go belly up

Nghĩa

to fail, especially as a business

Thất bại, nhất là phá sản.

Ví dụ

1. 1The travel company went belly up, and hundreds of holidays were cancelled.
2. 2Three restaurants on our street have gone belly up since January.
3. 3The shop couldn’t pay its rent or its staff, and it went belly up in March.
4. 4If the factory goes belly up, half the town will lose their jobs.
5. 5Why did such a popular café go belly up after only a year?

Ngữ pháp

go là động từ bất quy tắc: went, gone. Chủ ngữ thường là một công ty, một cửa hàng hoặc một kế hoạch.