falling to pieces
Breaking down completely
Falling to pieces describes something breaking apart or disintegrating.
Physically, an old book or crumbling building falls to pieces.
More often the phrase is figurative: a plan falls to pieces when it collapses, a person falls to pieces when overwhelmed by emotion or stress.
She fell to pieces when she heard the news.
The whole scheme is falling to pieces.
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- coming apartSeparating into pieces
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
unraveling · collapse · house of cards · shatter · broken down · fragments · ruined · breakdown · entropy · tattered · dissolution · fracture · splinter · anguish · dismantle · deteriorate · grief · decompose
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
falling to piecesholding together
Remaining unified, not separating
intact · whole · in one piece · solid · sturdy
falling to piecesholding it together
Maintaining composure despite strain
keeping it together · composed · together · unflappable · stable
falling to piecesin fine fettle
In excellent condition
in working order · well-maintained · shipshape · going strong · in mint condition
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