pakaru te tero o te tīkaokao
1. It's beyond redemption, totally stuffed, overcome by circumstances, beaten - a colloquialism indicating that something is broken or someone is totally exhaused, or something has gone completely awry.
(Ka hoki mai a Pare i te hāereere, e amo ana i tana pahikara. Kua pau te hau o tētahi o ngā wīra, ka mutu, kua makere iho te tīni. Nā tēnei tūāhua, kua mea atu a Rangi ki tana hoa) Auē, taukiri ē, kua pakaru te tero o te tīkaokao! (HKK 1999:99). / (Pare returns from tripping around carrying his bicycle. The tyres are flat and, what's more, the chain has fallen off. Because of this situation, Rangi says to his friend:) Oh dear, that looks stuffed!
