go pear-shaped

意味

to start to fail and turn out badly

うまくいかなくなり、悪い結果になる.

例文

1. 1Our camping trip went pear-shaped when the car broke down on the motorway.
2. 2Everything was fine until the last week, and then the whole project went pear-shaped.
3. 3The surprise party went pear-shaped when Leo arrived home an hour early and saw everything.
4. 4If the builders don't turn up on Monday, our whole plan could go pear-shaped.
5. 5Things started going pear-shaped as soon as the laptop froze during my presentation.

文法

変化するのは go だけで、goes、going、went、gone となる。pear-shaped はハイフンでつなぐ。

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