go to pieces

Idioms and Phrases

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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

A brilliant bunch, they’re nonetheless going to pieces, and pulling them back together has become Winter’s task — as well as the primary tension of this 600-page novel.

From Los Angeles Times

"You might go to pieces afterwards. But on the scene, you've got to be calm and collected, to get on and do the job that you're there to do."

From BBC

It’s simultaneously uptight and gone to pieces, lakeside and volcanic.

From New York Times