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#1 17-Apr-2013, 19:02idiom for "things aren't working"
I need an idiom for "things are not working" as in, things are not the way I wanted them to be.
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#2 17-Apr-2013, 19:51Re: idiom for "things aren't working"
Last edited by emsr2d2; 17-Apr-2013 at 20:38. Reason: typo
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#3 20-Apr-2013, 15:43Re: idiom for "things aren't working"
sorry, I meant idiomatic phrase
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#4 20-Apr-2013, 17:46Re: idiom for "things aren't working"
Well, "Things aren't working ((out) for me) is fairly idiomatic.
"Things aren't working out as I had expected."
"Things have gone pear-shaped."
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#5 20-Apr-2013, 18:14Re: idiom for "things aren't working"
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Things are going sideways.
Things are going south.
Nothing is going my way.
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