e/Pear-shaped

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has glosseng: Pear-shaped is a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a pear, i.e. tapering towards the top and rounded at the bottom.
lexicalizationeng: Pear shaped
lexicalizationeng: pear-shaped
instance of(noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
metaphor
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