My plans for the weekend went pear-shaped when my car broke down on Saturday morning.
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Pear-shaped
Synonyms for "pear-shaped" (7 found)
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17 translations across 14 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- грушападо́бны adj (shaped like a pear)
Bulgarian
1 entries- крушовиден adj (shaped like a pear)
Dutch
1 entries- peervormig adj (shaped like a pear)
French
2 entries- en forme de poire adj (shaped like a pear)
- piriforme adj (shaped like a pear)
German
1 entries- birnenförmig adj (shaped like a pear)
Greek
1 entries- αχλαδόσχημος adj (shaped like a pear)
Hungarian
1 entries- körte alakú adj (shaped like a pear)
Italian
1 entries- a forma di pera adj (shaped like a pear)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pæreformet adj (shaped like a pear)
Polish
1 entries- gruszkowaty adj (shaped like a pear)
Russian
2 entries- грушеви́дный adj (shaped like a pear)
- грушеобра́зный adj (shaped like a pear)
Spanish
2 entries- en forma de pera adj (shaped like a pear)
- piriforme adj (shaped like a pear)
Swedish
1 entries- päronformad adj (shaped like a pear)
Ukrainian
1 entries- грушоподі́бний adj (shaped like a pear)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
She has pear-shaped breasts.
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That could have gone pear-shaped.
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That could've gone pear-shaped.
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