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There's an ocean of difference between the way people speak English in the US vs. the UK. Are your language skills up to the task of telling the difference? Let's find out!
Question 1 of 7
True or false? British English and American English are only different when it comes to slang words.
Idioms about belly
go / turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail: After years of barely surviving on donations, the neighborhood social club finally went belly up.
Origin of belly
before 950; Middle English bely,Old English belig, belg bag, skin; cognate with German Balg,Gothic balgs,Old Norse belgr sack; akin to Welsh bol(a), boly,Irish bolg sack, belly, bellows, Serbo-Croatian blàzina,Latvian pabàlsts,Avestan barəziš-,Persian bālish cushion
OTHER WORDS FROM belly
bel·ly·like, adjectiveWords nearby belly
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How to use belly in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for belly
belly
/ (ˈbɛlɪ) /
noun plural -lies
verb -lies, -lying or -lied
to swell out or cause to swell out; bulge
Word Origin for belly
Old English belig; related to Old High German balg, Old Irish bolg sack, Sanskrit barhi chaff
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Other Idioms and Phrases with belly
belly
see go belly up.
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