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
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)
More than once, as the wind changed a point, it seemed that the cranky craft must turn turtle.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
Our machinery might break down, we might drift for weeks without being sighted, we might collide with an iceberg in the fog, we might even turn turtle.
From By Right of Conquest A Novel by Hornblow, Arthur
Herein lay real danger, for if the deck-load of ashes grew too heavy the Bear might turn turtle.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
