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
NoËLle	no-EL (French)	French, Dutch
Babb	[bæb]
Sal	SAL	English
Bernhard	BERN-hahrt (German)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Marlis	-	German
Shireen	-	Persian