单词 | pear-shaped |
释义 | pear-shaped 1. adjective Something that is pear-shaped has a shape like a pear. ...her pear-shaped diamond earrings. 2. adjective If someone is pear-shaped, they are wider around their hips than around the top half of their body. 3. go pear-shaped phrase If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening. [informal] He feared his career had gone a bit pear-shaped. Idioms: go pear-shaped if a situation goes pear-shaped, things start to go wrong, and bad things start happening We started well, top of the table, but it all went pear-shaped and we lost five matches in a row. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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