turn turtle
Example Sentences
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If he deviated a hair's breadth at that speed he'd turn turtle.
From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre
And, after the manner of such eccentric craft, the canvas shell proceeded to turn turtle.
From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
He had either to crash squarely into the other automobile or he had to run the risk of having his own machine turn turtle.
From Bert Wilson at the Wheel by Duffield, J. W.
Iron, coffins our ships, Davy's wictims our men; In wessels unsteady, We're ready, aye ready, To sink or turn turtle again and again!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
The San Martin, losing steerage way, was rolling horribly in the trough of the sea; any instant she might turn turtle.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
