fall apart
phrasal verbwithfallverbuk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/fell|fallen
(BREAK)
B2
tobreakintopieces:
破碎；散架Mypooroldbootsarefallingapart.我可怜的旧靴子快散架了。
to break
- breakI didn't mean to break your phone.
- fractureLast year he fractured his skull.
- bustOne of the children has bust the computer.
- shatterThe ball hit the window and shattered it.
- smashI dropped the vase and it smashed.
- snapShe bent the ruler and it snapped.
- Heboughtsomecheapshoesthatfellapartafter acoupleofmonths.
- Myjacketis sooldit'sfallingapart.
- Ipickedup thebookand itfellapartin myhands.
- Myoldcoatisfallingapartat theseams.
- I really have toreplacethisbag- it'sfallingapart.
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- catch
- chip
- crack
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
(STOP WORKING)
B2
If anorganization,system, oragreementfallsapart, itfailsorstopsworkingeffectively:
破裂；解体，瓦解Thedealfellapartbecause of alackoffinancing.由于缺乏资金，这笔交易告吹了。
Theirmarriagefellapartwhen shefoundout about her husband'saffair.她发现丈夫有婚外情后，他们的婚姻破裂了。
to not work or happen as intended
- failWe tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
- fall apartThings were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
- fall to piecesThe plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
- fall throughOur plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
- crackThe Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
- Thewholefamilyseemsto befallingapartsince Danieldied.
- Thewholeapparatusofcommunismwas alreadyfallingapart.
- UK Arsenal'sdefencewerestrong, buttheirmidfieldfellapartin the first fiveminutesof thematch.
- Ithoughtthewholemeetingwas going tofallapartbut yourescuedit like atrueprofessional!
- Theirmarriageisfallingapartat theseams.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- bomb
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
(EMOTIONS)
informal
toexperienceseriousemotionalproblemsthat make youunabletothinkoractin theusualway:
（感情）崩溃，垮掉After hiswifedied, hebegantofallapart.妻子过世后，他精神开始垮掉。
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and botheredidiom
- -racked
- aflutter
- agitated
- angsty
- anxious
- fretfully
- frightened
- fuss
- get in a sweatidiom
- grim
- prey on sb's mindidiom
- queasily
- queasiness
- rattled
- strung out
- worriedly
- worrier
- worrywart
- wound up