go to pieces

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be so upset or afraid that you cannot manage to live or work normally

   I was afraid she might go to pieces a little, now that we had done it.

In the movies · 5

• But break his heart, he goes to pieces, just like you or me.Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988
• -Marta and I looked at each other, and I just kind of went to pieces.Friends: The Reunion2021
• I was afraid she might go to pieces a little, now that we had done it.Double Indemnity1944
• And this can go over pieces.Searching for Bobby Fischer1993
• Civilization's going to pieces.The Great Gatsby2013
• Boy, a few dark clouds appear on your horizon, you just go all to pieces, don't you?Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
• It's rather a mess. Going to pieces in surgery.Spellbound1945
• I'm just going all to pieces!Sons of the Desert1933

Learn it in full scenes

• Friends: The Reunion2021
  • The Cast Returns to the Set
  • The Friends Cast Reunites On Stage
  • The Cast Reunites at the Fountain
• Double Indemnity1944
  • Walter Meets Phyllis
  • Neff Flirts With Phyllis
  • Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
• The Great Gatsby2013
  • Nick Begins His Story
  • Nick Dines with the Buchanans
  • Tom's Secret Apartment Party

From the same entry

• a piece of work
• fall to pieces
• give a piece of your mind
• in one piece
• of a piece
• pick to pieces
• a piece of cake
• a piece of piss
• a piece of the action
• bits and pieces
• how long is a piece of string
• a nasty piece of work