fall to pieces

基本解释

Likewise, some tents last for a long time whereas others fall to pieces rapidly.
同样地，有些帐篷可以延续很长时间，而其它的帐篷很快坍塌成碎片。
"It teeters from 'Wow, I'm a rock star' to 'OK, I may fall to pieces,'" she says.
“我的感觉在‘哈，我是一个摇滚明星’和‘我可能会累成碎片’中摇摆不定，”她如是说。
The finding helps explain why some people keep a cool head in even the most difficult of times, while others fall to pieces.
这项发现可以帮助我们解释在面对困难时为什么有些人即使是最困难的时刻也可以保持冷静而有些人却心力憔悴。

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And as I followed her, in this way, past the flower gardens, I realized that her movements were similar to mine, that she, too, was trying to protect something fragile, something that might fall and shatter into pieces, and that needed thus to be led toward a place where it could settle gently, something that she could not touch but could only guide with her gestures: the moon.
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