keel over

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

  1. (also, figuratively, intransitive) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To collapse in a faint; to black out, to swoon.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To die.

Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ˈkiːl ˈəʊvə(ɹ)/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

The original nautical meaning (sense 1) refers to a vessel rolling to the extent that its keel (“a large beam along the underside of the vessel’s hull from bow to stern”) is visible.

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