Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. idiomatic Dead or defunct.
- v. idiomatic To gather close to, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a bar for ordering alcoholic drinks.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to approach (a counter) and stand in front of it; -- used mostly in the phrase belly up to the bar (i.e. to a counter in a saloon).
- adj. defunct; bankrupt; -- used mostly of commercial organizations; often used in the phrase go belly-up, i. e. to go bankrupt.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. financially ruined
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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metaphysical metaphorical places
not corresponding to a specific physical location
at the end of one..., at one's wits end, up the creek, round the bend, on cloud nine, in the doldrums, in cloud-cuckoo land, sold down the river, on a slow boat to..., in a brown study, down the rabbit hole, in a rut and 84 more...
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w5-09/08
virtually, identical, replicant, off-world, colonization, detection, warm up, tortoise, hypothetical, query, provoke, pal and 35 more...
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problem words
quagmire, jam, fix, dilemma, predicament, pickle, quandary, mess, riddle, enigma, can of worms, pandora's box and 45 more...
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of interest.
rendezvous, reticent, savvy, truculent, incorrigible, relentless, unruly, defiant, headstrong, knee, zip your lip, foot loose (and f... and 3 more...
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negotiation tactics
cutting the salami, belly up, logrolling, pyschological com..., reversal, participation, alternative options, creating deadlock, media pressure, limited authority, romancing, splitting the dif... and 10 more...
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treeseed Something is dying or failing, as in, "the relationship is going belly up."
Or meaning approaching the bar or taking a seat at the bar, as a verb, as in "belly up to the bar". Feb 28, 2008