"Belly-up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the struggles ceased. The great carcass rolled over belly up, and lay extended on the sea in death. To me it seemed as if a dead calm had suddenly fallen around us, after a long and furious storm, so great was the change when that whale at length parted with its huge life. The silence was suddenly broken by three hearty cheers, and then, fastening ...
— Fighting the Whales • R. M. Ballantyne
... attack of the shark, which was one of the largest of its species, and when it charged him, he stepped quickly aside and plunged his knife into its belly up ...
— The Wizard of the Sea - A Trip Under the Ocean • Roy Rockwood
... on a big American full-rigged ship, and is earning big money. A smart fellow he is. But hang it all, he's a tough case! Always with his revolver in his hand. But that's how it has to be over there—among the niggers. Still, one fine day they'll slit his belly up, by God they will! Now then, what's ...
— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo
... sha'k a comin' at me," continued Sam, "Ah knowed dat he meant business. Ah took mah knife in mah right han' an' Ah jes' sunk a tweeny bit below de sufface ob de watah. He seen me an' he come right foh me too. Ah waited foh him to turn belly up 'cause Ah knowed dat what he 'bliged to do befoh he able to use dem razah teeth ob his'n. Sho' nuff jes' befoh he reach me, ovah he go and den was mah chance. Ah sho' did let 'im have it an' Ah guess he ain' gwine ...
— The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave • Ross Kay
... Sharp-sense on perceiving him, 'do thou cause thyself to seem like one dead: puff thy belly up with wind, stiffen thy legs out, and lie very still. I will make a show of pecking thine eyes out with my beak; and whensoever I utter a croak, then spring to thy feet ...
— Hindu Literature • Epiphanius Wilson |
