习语主题: 问题与麻烦

go pear-shaped

/ˌɡəʊ ˈpeə ʃeɪpt/INFORMAL · B2

中文对应近似对应

砸锅

字面意思: «变成梨形»

含义

to start to fail and turn out badly

开始出问题，结果搞糟.

例句

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

语法

只有 go 变化形式：goes、going、went、gone。pear-shaped 要带连字符。

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