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Katie Anh
2022-02-21 09:02
Bring (something) crashing down (around) (one) spoken language verb phrase
To cause something to cash down on the ground. The "around (one)" is not usually used in this usage.
To make room for a new building, they brought that old house crashing down.
Stay away! We're gonna bring this wall crashing down.
To destroy something that can seriously affect one's life.
At the age of 45, being fired bought everything crashing down around me.
When you chose to marry that playboy, you brought your whole life crashing down around you.
To interfere somebosy's plan or bussiness
To disrupt someone's plan.
To put an end to something
1. Fall in a sequence
2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially
If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.
It's mostly used in the past tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
