go wrong

mal tourner, échouer

Pour un projet ou une situation, échouer, rencontrer des problèmes ou aboutir à un mauvais résultat.

En anglais simple : If a plan or situation fails, develops problems, or has a bad result.

• What could go wrong?
• Everything went wrong during our holiday.
• The plan was going wrong long before we noticed.

Synonymes : fail, go badly

Contraires : succeed

Expressions courantes : go wrong suddenly, go wrong badly

tomber en panne, se dérégler

Pour une machine ou un appareil, ne plus fonctionner correctement.

En anglais simple : If a machine or device stops working properly.

• The printer has gone wrong.
• Our washing machine went wrong during the night.
• If the engine goes wrong, call a mechanic.

Synonymes : malfunction, break down

Expressions courantes : go wrong again, go wrong suddenly

mal tourner, se corrompre

Commencer à se comporter de façon malhonnête ou contraire à la morale.

En anglais simple : To start behaving in a morally bad or dishonest way.

• They feared their son would go wrong.
• He went wrong after joining a gang of thieves.
• The story follows a young woman who goes wrong and later changes.

Synonymes : go astray, turn bad

Expressions courantes : go wrong morally, go wrong young