turn turtle
Example Sentences
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I don't know, but perhaps the minute I get some wind in the sail the whole outfit will turn turtle.
From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee
Pen stood apart from the spectators, watching Larry whirl, turn turtle, and perform all the aviation agonies so fascinating to the untutored.
From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip
We'll 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)
At any moment the West Barbican might turn turtle.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
