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Reader Priscilla Jensen alerts me to this from the November 7 Wall Street Journal: "But [Barack Obama's] opportunity will quickly go pear-shaped if the bond market loses confidence . . . " Unfamiliar with this metaphorical pear-shaped, I went to the OED and was informed that the expression, usually preceded by to go or to…
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