it's all gone Pete Tong
it's all gone Pete Tong
slang Everything has gone wrong or awry. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "Pete Tong" rhymes with "wrong." (Pete Tong is a British DJ.) Primarily heard in UK. Now the caterer has pulled out as well? Cor, it's all gone Pete Tong, hasn't it?
See also: all, gone, Pete, tong
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- tong
- be in the wrong
- in the wrong
- in the wrong box
- pinned
- put a foot wrong
- not put a foot wrong
- not/never put/set a foot wrong
- on the wrong scent
- wrong scent, on the