belly up

created by Tsarren

(idea) by Tsarren (6.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue Jun 06 2000 at 19:54:38

A phrase meaning dead. Not quite well and throughly dead, a little bit beyond mostly dead, and a smidgen better than totally dead. This phrase probably originated either from when wooden ships would sink, they might turn belly up before doing so; or perhaps it's because dead fish float belly-up. I can't really see it coming from the fact that 99% of all dead insects are flipped over on their backs. The world may never know.

Down like a prom queen	mostly dead	Ford Prefect	smidgen
Messiah	Smudge on the wall	psycho roommate

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