the wheels came off

slang An unexpected problem arose, causing something to fail or go terribly wrong. The job interview was going well, but the wheels came off once I started rambling about my personal life. My plan was to have dinner ready by the time you got home, but the wheels came off when the washer flooded.

词组	the wheels came off
释义	the wheels came off the wheels came off slang An unexpected problem arose, causing something to fail or go terribly wrong. The job interview was going well, but the wheels came off once I started rambling about my personal life. My plan was to have dinner ready by the time you got home, but the wheels came off when the washer flooded. See also: came, off, wheel Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: the wheels fell off the wheels fell off the bus the wheels fell off the wagon the wheels came off the bus the wheels came off the wagon roll off of (someone or something) roll to roll to (someone or something) roll along roll onto (someone or something)
随便看	catch (one's) death (of cold) catch (one's) drift catch (one's) eye catch (one) with (one's) fingers in the till catch (one) with (one's) hand in the cookie jar catch (one) with (one's) hand in the till catch (one) with (one's) pants down catch (one) with (someone or something) catch (on) fire catch onto catch onto (something) catch on with (one) catch out catch red-handed catch sight of catch sight of (someone or something) catch somebody in the act catch somebody napping catch somebody off guard catch somebody on the hop catch somebody red-handed catch somebody's eye catch somebody with their pants down catch someone cold catch someone flat-footed