ins Auge gehen
to go wrong
Türkçe: ters gitmek
In a sentence
Sein riskanter Plan ohne Sicherheitsnetz geht bestimmt ins Auge.
How it is used
Idiom meaning 'to go wrong' or 'backfire'. Colloquial register. Used when a risky business plan is predicted to fail. Implies negative consequences, often due to overconfidence.
Other verbs that go with Auge
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- ein Auge zudrückento turn a blind eye
- ein Auge auf etw. / jdn. habento keep an eye on something/someone
- ein Auge auf etw. / jdn. werfento cast an eye on
- etw. im Auge behaltento keep an eye on something
- ins Auge fallen / springento catch the eye
- etw. ins Auge fassento consider something
Other collocations built on gehen
- auf Abstand gehen (auch fig.)to move away/create distance
- an die Arbeit gehento start working or begin a task
- jdm. um den Bart gehento fawn over someone
- ins Bett gehento go to bed (to sleep)
- zu Bett gehento go to bed
- in die Berge gehento go to the mountains
- in Berufung gehento go into appeal
- in Betrieb gehento go into operation
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