| 单词 | to go pear-shaped |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (also turn) pear-shaped 3. colloquial (chiefly British, originally R.A.F. slang). to go (also turn) pear-shaped: to go (badly) wrong, to go awry. ΚΠ 1983 J. Ethell & A. Price Air War South Atlantic 158 There were two bangs very close together. The whole aircraft shook and things went ‘pear-shaped’ very quickly after that. The controls ceased to work, the nose started to go down. 1989 Air Forces Monthly Feb. 53/2 When a disadvantaged fighter manages to manoeuvre back into a neutral position, it is a sign to the attacker that things are already going pear-shaped. 1995 FourFourTwo Sept. 108/1 The day itself was one of those prize-winningly crappy days when everything went pear shaped. 1999 J. Cassidy Street Life 118 Next we travelled to Bournemouth and it was there that things began to turn rather pear-shaped. < as lemmas |
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