go to pieces

1. Experience an emotional or mental breakdown, as in When she heard of his death she went to pieces. [Late 1800s] For a synonym, see fall apart, def. 2.

Example Sentences

Maike Schoeneberg, a 33-year-old Berliner, said that "all the clubs that I knew when I came of age are closing. The club culture in Berlin seems like it's going to pieces."

Read more on Barron's

They're a defence that goes to pieces at the drop of a hat.

Read more on BBC

"It just made me go to pieces," Mrs Williams said.

Read more on BBC

That possibility disappeared when the Chargers’ season went to pieces.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

“To let the baby out, you have to be willing to go to pieces,” she writes of childbirth.

Read more on Los Angeles Times