Pear-shaped

What is Pear-shaped?


1.

Something that has gone pear-shaped has gone wrong: this is based on the visualisation of a plan being like a perfect circle. When something goes wrong, the plan is distorted and becomes pear-shaped.

It was all going well, then Jonno dropped the ball and it all went pear-shaped.

2.

sadly wrong, awry (usually in past tense)

Everything was going well until the afternoon, then it all went pear-shaped.


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