fall to pieces

fall to pieces
fall to pieces
1. Lit. to break into pieces. •

The road was so rough the car almost fell to pieces.

I was afraid that my bicycle would fall to pieces before I got there.

2. Fig. to become emotionally upset. •

I was so nervous, I fell to pieces and couldn't give my speech.

Roger fell to pieces when his mother died.

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{v. phr.} To disintegrate; collapse. * /After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire started to fall to pieces./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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