go pear-shaped

(British & Australian informal)

if a plan goes pear-shaped, it fails We'd arranged to be in France that weekend but it all went pear-shaped.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rebecka	-	Swedish
Ashlyn	ASH-lin	English (Modern)
Tristen	TRIS-tən	English (Modern)
Iosif	ee-O-seef (Russian), YO-seef (Romanian)	Russian, Romanian, Greek
Calvin	['kælvin]
Rodolph	-	English (Rare), French (Rare)