(FLAT) ON YOUR BACK


Meaning of (FLAT) ON YOUR BACK in English

( informal ) in bed because you are ill / sick :

She's been flat on her back for over a week now.

( figurative )

The UK market was flat on its back (= business was very bad) .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.