go pear-shaped

Nghĩa

to start to fail and turn out badly

Bắt đầu hỏng và kết thúc tồi tệ.

Ví dụ

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.

Ngữ pháp

Chỉ go thay đổi: goes, going, went, gone. Từ pear-shaped viết có dấu gạch nối.

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