go awry

释义：形容“背离”了既定计划，或者状况“变得一发不可收拾”。大多数时候以完成时出现，在留学文书里可以描述个人的窘境也可说明专业大环境的困局。

例句：
Her plan of arriving in the safety of daylight had gone awry when she boarded the wrong train in Milan.
But when things go awry, I'm the friend who always gets nominated to break the news.