go pear-shapedBritish EnglishBrE informal if an activity or situation goes pear-shaped, it goes wrong 有问题;出毛病 The whole thing went pear-shaped. 整件事出了问题。
go pear-shaped• Meg plays Alice, a cheerful hippy in the minutes before everything goes pear-shaped.
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