keel over

Language: en

Meaning: (intransitive,nautical,alsofiguratively)Of avessel: torollso far on itssidethat it cannotrecover; tocapsizeorturn turtle.1844May, Peter von Geist, “A Piscatorial Eclogue”, inThe Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XXIII, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Published by John Allen,Nassau-Street,→OCLC,page462:What a tiny little schooner! But is it not bold to spread both sails? And see, now that we have come round to the wind, how the skiffkeels over.1851November 14,Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story. (As Told at the Golden Inn.)”, inMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers; London:Richard Bentley,→OCLC,page289:[H]is bandaged cry was, to beach him on the whale's topmost back. Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together; till of a sudden the boat struck as against a sunken ledge, andkeeling over, spilled out the standing mate.1853September, “A Cruise after and among the Cannibals”, inHarper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume VII, number XL, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, publishers, 329 & 331Pearl Street,Franklin Square,→OCLC,page473, column 1:The tributaries made their appearance from the house, advancing in a singular manner. They were all clothed in immense pieces of tappa looped about their persons. First one crawled on all fours for a few yards; then hekeeled over, head over heels; then he brought up on his haunches, resting for a moment; after which he resumed the same procedure until he came within a few paces of "Old Snuffy."1978October 5, Bill Simmons, “‘… A day of fear’”, inArkansas Democrat, page 6D; reprinted in “Attachment I (to Main Report): Supplement to Arkansas Democrat: 13 September 1978 Flood”, inFeasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement for Water Resource Development: Fourche Bayou Basin, Vicinity Little Rock, Arkansas, volume I (Main Report), Little Rock, Ark.:U.S. Army Engineer District, Little Rock,1979October,→OCLC:At home, the water had deepened; it tumbled like rapids across the yard; it encroached upon the house; it shoved one-foot stones aside and carved grooves through the gravel driveway; the chain link fence waskeeling overunder the pressure surging through it.; (intransitive,idiomatic)Tocollapsein afaint; toblack out, toswoon.We should all go inside before somebodykeels overfrom the heat.1854June, “Putting Him Through”, inYankee Notions, volume III, number 6, Published by T. W. Strong, engraver and printer, 98Nassau Street, N.Y.,→OCLC,page182:A huge double-fisted fellow hits Marshall a biff on the ear; the Generalkeels overand catches in his fall another gentleman, who hits a fourth, and the party clinging, all fall through a window, and drop through a partly closed cellar-door.1876,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XVI, inThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company,→OCLC,page138:"I bleeve I could smoke this pipe all day," said Joe. "Idon't feel sick." / "Neither do I," said Tom. "Icould smoke it all day. But I bet you Jeff Thatcher couldn't." / "Jeff Thatcher! Why he'dkeel overjust with two draws. Just let him try it once.He'dsee!"; (intransitive,idiomatic)Todie.1834,David Crockett, chapter XIII, inA Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. Written by Himself, Philadelphia, Pa.:E[dward] L[awrence] Carey & A[braham] Hart; Boston, Mass.:Allen & Ticknor,→OCLC,page197:The enemy had planted a piece of ordinance within gun-shot of the fort during the night, and the first thing in the morning they commenced a brisk cannonade, point-blank, against the spot where I was snoring. I turned out pretty smart, and mounted the rampart. The gun was charged again, a fellow stepped forth to touch her off, but before he could apply the match I let him have it, and hekeeled over. A second stepped up, snatched the match from the hand of the dying man, but Thimblerig, who had followed me, handed me his rifle, and the next instant the Mexican was stretched on the earth beside the first.1876, James J. Brooks, “The Good Ship ‘Netherland’”, inThe Adventures of a United States Detective. A Series of Interesting Sketches Illustrating the Operations of the Whisky Ring in Their Evasions of the Law and Its Penalties, Philadelphia, Pa.: S. T. Soulder & Company, 721 Sansom Street,→OCLC,page94:A staunch old ship she was too,[…]There was no hurry in her building. Mynheer Von Dert hewed the logs for her keel, and slept with his fathers. His son Petrus prepared the keelson, thenkeeled over, and was laid beside his venerable sire.2017July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and Dragons Come Home to Roost onGame of Thrones(Newbies)”, inThe A.V. Club‎[1], archived fromthe originalon4 December 2017:Plucky old Walder Frey gathers his family for a feast and toasts to their massacre of the Stark family. He compliments their bravery in stabbing a pregnant woman and her fetus to death. As every last Frey man swigs their special wine, Walder hypes the cunning it took to invite guests into your home and ambush them. But then things take a turn, the men starting tokeel overas Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. At last the room is empty but forArya Stark, holding Walder Frey's face, and a couple girls she leaves alive to spread the legend. "Winter came for House Frey."

Examples:

EN: Tonight, I saw a rat keel over like a drunken man... and die outside my stateroom door.
ES: Esta noche vi una rata tambalear y morir frente a mi camarote.
EN: If I was to tell you the atrocities I've committed in my time you'd keel over.
ES: Si les dijera las atrocidades que he cometido a lo largo de mis días se espantarían.
EN: He's liable to keel over from the shock.
ES: Se podría desmayar con la noticia.
EN: Come on. What are you trying to do, keel over?
ES: Vamos. ¿Qué trata de hacer?
EN: We'll shiver, and we'll go hungry if we have to. And maybe some of us will keel over and die in our tracks... but that won't stop us neither. Because the rest of us will keep going, and we'll never stop.
ES: Titiritaremos y tendremos hambre si es preciso... y quizá algunos nos desplomaremos y moriremos... pero eso tampoco nos detendrá, porque el resto continuaremos... y nunca nos detendremos, nunca, hasta encontrar un lugar.
EN: One of these days I'll get you all dolled up... and we'll walk in on Josh and Gloria... and will they keel over, boy.
ES: Un día te vestiré elegantemente e iremos con Josh y Gloria. Van a desplomarse.
EN: If something goes wrong, I figure I'll keel over gravity will drop the bar into the pile and maybe save something. - Like what?
ES: Si algo sale mal, me imagino que me derrumbaré la gravedad dejará caer la barra en la pila y tal vez guardar algo.
EN: You look like, you are about ready to keel over
ES: Parece como si estuvieras a punto de desplomarte.
EN: When I come to, I thought I'd keel over from the hurt it gave me... when I started walking.
ES: Cuando comencé a caminar... creí que el dolor me iba a matar.
EN: When do I keel over?
ES: ¿Cuándo estiro la pata?
EN: What happens when she gets tired of waiting for you to keel over?
ES: ¿Y si se cansa de esperar a que estires la pata?
EN: The poor fellow, the blood rushed out of his face... and I thought he'd keel over in the horse trough.
ES: El pobre tipo, se puso rojo como un tomate... y pensé que se caía en el abrevadero.
EN: But lately I've been thinking that I might just keel over and die.
ES: Pues a mí, últimamente, me parece que moriré repentinamente.
EN: You'll probably keel over in a dead faint at the altar.
ES: Probablemente, caerás en redondo desmayado ante el altar.
EN: If I'm lying, may my mother keel over this instant!
ES: - Te lo juro por mi madre... que se muera ahora mismo.

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