go off the rails
US /ɡoʊ ɔf ðə reɪlz/
UK /ɡoʊ ɔf ðə reɪlz/
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誤入歧途, 脫離正軌
to start behaving in a way that is not acceptable or expected, especially in a wild or uncontrolled way
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After his parents' divorce, he really started to go off the rails.
父母離婚後，他真的開始誤入歧途。
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The project seemed to go off the rails when the main manager left.
當主要經理離開時，項目似乎脫離了正軌。