pear-shaped

Another “zeitgeist” they warn of is the threat posed by “the k-shaped economy” going “pear-shaped if asset prices drop and hit the rich.”

Westinghouse built the silver, pear-shaped device in 1937 and it became known as the “world’s first industrial atom smasher.”

"I was doing really well until 22 miles when I blew it. I lost my balance and it all went a bit pear-shaped," he says.

If anything goes wrong or pear-shaped I'll come and get you'.

The first is a generous, pear-shaped indentation to hold a lit cigarette or cigar.