What is the meaning of GO PEAR-SHAPED. Phrases containing GO PEAR-SHAPED
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Holyfield's ear is London Cockney rhyming slang for year.
Near is Dorset slang for miserly.
If something has gone pear shaped it means it has become a disaster. It might be preparing a dinner party or arranging a meeting, any of these things can go completely pear shaped.
Clothes. See also Laughing Gear
Paddington bear is London Cockney rhyming slang for pear.
Vrb phrs. Go wrong. E.g."Everything went pear shaped for United after Beckham got sent off the pitch."
If something is dear it means it is expensive. I thought Texan insurance was dear.
Pears is Australian slang for breasts.
- If something is dear it means it is expensive. I thought Texan insurance was dear.
Referring to something that has gone awry. "The MOBEX went all pear-shaped after they couldn't get the boat motor flashed".
Adj. Out of shape, unorganised, wrong. Heard in the expression go pear-shaped. E.g."All our plans went pear-shaped after our funds were cut by the finance department."
Lord and peer is London Cockney rhyming slang for ear.
To leave quickly; "You ready to go? Let's tear."
Out of control; crazy; fucked-up, or to describe it another way, it's the results of a well thought out plan which has gone wrong, i.e. "It's all gone pear shaped!".
Starved. "Lunch in a bit?" "Yeah, I'm a bit pear."
If something has gone pear shaped it means it has become a disaster. It might be preparing a dinner party or arranging a meeting, any of these things can go completely pear shaped.
Teddy bear is London Cockney rhyming slang for a pear.
Get one's rear in gear is slang for to hurry.
Spear is Australian slang for dismiss from employment. Spear is American slang for beg.
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v. t.
To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
v. i.
To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.
v. i.
To draw near; to approach.
superl.
Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
n.
Noisy merriment; as, a high go.
n.
Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.
v. t.
To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.
v. t.
To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
v. t.
To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest.
a.
Of the form of a pear.
v. t.
To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
pl.
of Pea
v. t.
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
v. t.
To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
n.
The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.
v. i.
To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
adv.
Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.
v. t.
To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.
n.
Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear.
n.
An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
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