play it pear-shaped

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To avoid committing oneself to a single course of action; to go with the flow, take it easy. dated
    — I thought I'd play it pear-shaped with the Borough Engineer and asked him whose property it was anyway when it was in my garden — if the Council put it there enough times, it meant they were trying to get rid of it even though they didn't own it.

词形变化

plays it pear-shaped present,singular,third-person playing it pear-shaped participle,present played it pear-shaped participle,past played it pear-shaped past

词源

Compare go pear-shaped (“to go awry; to go wrong”), attested somewhat later.
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