turn turtle
Example Sentences
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The warning came none too soon, for a gust of wind hit the biplane and all but made it "turn turtle," as the saying goes.
From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Stratemeyer, Edward
But the sorcerer answered: “Did not my ship turn turtle at sea, and yet you try to deceive me?”
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard
With such a wind sucking under them might have made the boat turn turtle, Mrs. Calvert, don’t you know?
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn
Her tail rose, and she started, with dreadful deliberateness, to turn turtle.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair
It would never have been believed two years ago that ships like the Cressy, Aboukir, and Hogue would turn turtle a few minutes after a single blow from a torpedo.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
