toes up

See also: toes-up

English

From “toes” + “up”, in reference to a person lying on his or her back.

toes up (not comparable)

(idiomatic, slang, of a person) dead, killed
- 1862, Charles James Lever, Davenport Dunn‎‎, page 119:
  Groves, of the Forty-sixth, is gone "toes up".
(idiomatic, slang) broken, completely failed so as to become inactive
- 2005, Mo Hayder, The devil of Nanking‎, page 42:
  The land deals in Tokyo've gone toes up since the bubble burst, but the landlord's still trying to push through a deal with a developer.

单词	toes up
释义	toes up See also: toes-up English Alternative forms toes-up Etymology From “toes” + “up”, in reference to a person lying on his or her back. Adjective toes up (not comparable) (idiomatic, slang, of a person) dead, killed 1862, Charles James Lever, Davenport Dunn‎‎, page 119: Groves, of the Forty-sixth, is gone "toes up". (idiomatic, slang) broken, completely failed so as to become inactive 2005, Mo Hayder, The devil of Nanking‎, page 42: The land deals in Tokyo've gone toes up since the bubble burst, but the landlord's still trying to push through a deal with a developer. Anagrams PEOTUS, stoupe, toupes
随便看	nonexpectations nonexpendable nonexpense nonexpensive nonexperience nonexperienced nonexperiences nonexperiencing nonexperiential nonexperientially nonexperimental nonexperimentally non-expert nonexpert non-experts nonexperts nonexpired nonexpiry nonexplainable nonexplanation nonexplanations nonexplanatory nonexplicit nonexplicitly nonexploding