My attempt to fix the sink went horribly right.
go horribly right
idiomTo produce a technically correct result, but with highly undesirable consequences.
The software update went horribly right, as it deleted all the old bugs but also erased our entire database.
The experiment went horribly right, yielding the precise chemical compound we sought while simultaneously triggering an irreversible and catastrophic reaction.
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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come right
to have a successful or satisfying conclusion; to end well
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coming right up
Used by the speaker to indicate readiness to provide something ordered or requested.
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damn right
Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.