fall to pieces

English

Verb

fall to pieces (third-person singular simple present falls to pieces, present participle falling to pieces, simple past and past participle fell to pieces)

To break into a number of segments; to collapse.
The covers of the old book fell to pieces when I picked it up.
(figuratively) To be emotionally devastated; to break down.
When I found out my mother had passed away that night, I fell to pieces.

Translations

collapse

French: tomber en miettes

be emotionally devastated

Chinese:
Mandarin: 崩潰 (zh), 崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì)
Finnish: murtua (fi), hajota (fi)

French: s'effondrer (fr)
Russian: разва́ливаться (ru) impf (razválivatʹsja), развали́ться (ru) pf (razvalítʹsja)