go pear-shaped

Verb

Australia Britain New-Zealand idiomatic

(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, idiomatic) To go wrong; to go awry.

Japanese Meaning

物事がうまく進まなくなる / 計画が狂う、失敗する / 事態が悪化する、想定外の方向に進む

What is this buttons?

Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the sound system failed and the whole event began to go pear-shaped.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

すべてが順調に見えたのに、音響設備が故障してイベント全体がうまくいかなくなり始めた。

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Sense（1）

(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, idiomatic) To go wrong; to go awry.

If you are asking people to make decisions, then it's very important that you support them when things go wrong, otherwise they'll never make one again when things go pear-shaped

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goes pear-shaped

（ present singular third-person ）

going pear-shaped

（ participle present ）

went pear-shaped

（ past ）

gone pear-shaped

（ participle past ）

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