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
Abd Al-Malik	-	Arabic
Koraljka	-	Croatian
Anica	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Magdolna	-	Hungarian
Worthington	['wɜ:ðiŋtən]
Duha	-	Arabic