be falling apart at the seams

释义

1. be falling / coming apart at the seams

   接近崩溃；快要散架

   to be going very badly wrong and likely to stop functioning completely

   She was falling apart at the seams, spending most of her time in tears.她成天泪汪汪的，都快垮了。

电影里这样说 · 2 部

• We're coming apart at the seams!The Lego Movie2014
• I'm coming apart at the seams.A Shot in the Dark1964

在完整场景里学

• 乐高大电影2014
  • 照说明书过完清晨：put to sleep（让人昏睡）
  • 清晨跟歌起床上班：between the lines（字里行间）
  • 违规留在工地捡到反抗件：I hate to tell you this（这话我真不想说）
• 粉红豹系列：黑夜怪枪1964
  • 命案现场查出钢笔手枪：meet the eye（另有隐情）
  • 审问走神闻沐浴油：life's rich pageant（人生百态）
  • 着火坠楼后遭撤职：take charge（接管）

同一词条的短语

• be bursting at the seams
• fray at the edges

习语频道里接下来

• be frightened out of your wits
• be no laughing matter
• be on your last legs
• be the spitting image of
• blow up in face
• come with the territory
• for the foreseeable future
• from head to foot
• give a once over
• go round in circles
• have an eye for
• i could eat a horse