pear-shaped
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈpear-shaped adjective 1 go pear-shaped British English 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。2. someone who is pear-shaped has wide hips and a fairly small chest 〔体形〕梨形的〔指腰部和臀部宽、胸部窄的体形〕
Examples from the Corpus
pear-shaped• Meg plays Alice, a cheerful hippy in the minutes before everything goes pear-shaped.• The new lands he discovered convinced him that the earth was not round but pear-shaped.• Bowman forced his fingers to hunt around, and presently discovered the pear-shaped bulb.• When ripe these pear-shaped fungi are filled with dust-like spores which pour out of the small central opening at the slightest movement.• From the low ceiling hung large, black metal frames with little pear-shaped leather bags and black metal pipes at right angles.• I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped, like the one Nicky had shown me.• Outwardly, Donna, the classic pear-shaped woman, laughed about her legs, but finally she quit exercising.ˈpear-shaped adjectiveChineseSyllable
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pear-shaped
ˈpear-shaped
adjective
1. go pear-shaped British English informal if an activity or situation goes pear-shaped, it goes wrong:
The whole thing went pear-shaped.
2. someone who is pear-shaped has wide hips and a fairly small chest
ˈpear-shaped
adjective1. go pear-shaped British English informal if an activity or situation goes pear-shaped, it goes wrong:
2. someone who is pear-shaped has wide hips and a fairly small chest
