Are coming apart at the seams In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "are coming apart at the seams", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Jimmy Hung

2021-10-25 12:10

break down , go to pieces , come/fall apart at the seams

Be coming apart at the seams verb phrase

If something is coming apart at the seams, failure is coming nearer and will happen soon.

Our plan is coming apart at the seams.

Used to describe someone who becomes very emotional

I came apart at the seams during the movie.

Used to describe a piece of clothing whose the stitches are coming unfastened

I just received a new shirt that I ordered online, but I noticed that some of the stitching is coming apart at the seams.

fray at/around the edges/seams

1. To become shabby or worn along the edges when talking about fabric or threads

2. To become weaker or less effective, or start to fail

come unstuck

1. To fail completely

2. To become separated from something that was stuck to

Bad News Travels Fast

Information about trouble or misfortune circulates quickly( more quicly than good good news)

die a natural death

1. If you say that something dies a natural death, you mean that it fails, fades away, or no longer exists.

2. If you say that someone dies a natural death, you mean that he dies because of disease or old age.

come a gutser

To fail

The verb "be" should be conjugated according to its tense.