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Meanings of pear-shaped in English

(Of sounds) full and rich.

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Usage of pear-shaped in English
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Ground Floor: It's all gone a bit pear-shaped for Manchester United lately.
The Irish Times
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The Osmia is in the presence of one of these pear-shaped hollows.
Bramble-Bees and Others
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After several minutes we sculpt what appears to be a pear-shaped pinecone.
Deadly little secret
4
The Oblong Brown Radish has a pear-shaped bulb, with an elongated tap-root.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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So who do you turn to when life goes a bit pear-shaped?
The Irish Times
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So it's that pear-shaped butler messing up the world's finance, is it?
Conrad’s Fate
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He sliced the pear-shaped sac of Dolkis's gallbladder in half and crowed.
The hellfire club
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He was slight, sedentary, and pear-shaped, with delicate hands that looked soft.
A knife edge
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Crowd behaviour was the other critical concern because things can go pear-shaped quickly.
News.com.au
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The stomach is a small pear-shaped bone situated in the body.
What Is Man? and Other Essays
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Marie prodded the pear-shaped cocher in the back with his stick.
Jason: A Romance
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The bulge would increase until the earth became a pear-shaped body.
The Story of Evolution
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I'm afraid it's all going to go pear-shaped when we retire.
The Irish Times
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Then pear-shaped, bumpy police battleships began springing out of nothingness around the jungle.
Cities in Flight
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They also keep your limbs in a tidy pile should things go pear-shaped.
Wired
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He cut a humorous figure: thick-lensed glasses, pear-shaped trunk, and an endearing overbite.
The last four days of Paddy Buckley
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