BEOLINGUS
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fiasco; disaster; debacle; train wreck [coll.] (complete failure) [listen] Fiasko {n}; Desaster {n}; Debakel {n}; absolute Katastrophe {f}; Supergau [ugs.] (schwerer Misserfolg) [listen]

fiascos; disasters; debacles; train wrecks Fiaskos {pl}; Desaster {n}; Debakel {pl}; absolute Katastrophen {pl}; Supergaus {pl} [listen]

financial fiasco; financial disaster; financial debacle finanzielles Fiasko; Finanzdesaster {n}; Finanzdebakel {n}

election fiasco; election debacle Wahldebakel {n}

to produce a train wreck of a performance eine katastophale Leistung abliefern

to end up in a fiasco (over sth.) (bei etw.) in ein Fiasko schlittern

It risks becoming a fiasco / train wreck. Es droht, zum Fiasko / Debakel zu werden.

The new regulations could spell disaster for small businesses. Die neuen Vorschriften können für Kleinbetriebe in ein Desaster münden.