gone to pieces
Emotionally fallen apart
Gone to pieces describes a state of emotional or psychological collapse.
Someone who has gone to pieces can no longer function normally due to grief, stress, or shock: She completely went to pieces after the divorce.
The phrase can also describe physical disintegration—a machine or plan that has fallen apart—but the emotional sense dominates.
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- fell apartBroke into components
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- crumbleFragment gradually
- collapseSudden structural failure
disintegrate · in shambles · destruction · heartbroken · inconsolable · emotional wreck · breakdown · lost it · lost the plot · unraveling · coming undone · panicked · at wits end · fracture · ravage · overwhelmed · on the verge · nervous breakdown
gone to piecesintact
Not damaged or altered
whole · in one piece · undamaged · unbroken · solid
gone to piecesholding it together
Maintaining composure despite strain
composed · calm · collected · unflappable · level-headed
gone to piecesholding together
Remaining unified, not separating
functioning · intact · unified · cohesive · well-oiled
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