be unable to talk or reply, be overwhelmed When I see Mario, I just fall to pieces. He's so handsome!
go to pieces
(See fall to pieces)
to pieces
very much, greatly He loves his little girl to pieces.
pull into pieces
criticize very badly;find serious fault with驳得体无完肤;说得一无是处 Politicians always try to pull their opponents'ideas to pieces.政治家们总是把他们对手的观点驳得体无完肤。 The famous scientist pulled the new theory to pieces because it was very unscientific.这位著名的科学家把这条新理论说得一无是处,因为它很不科学。
thrill sb to pieces
Idiom(s): thrill someone to pieces AND thrill someone to death
Theme: EXCITEMENT
to please or excite someone very much. (Informal.) • John sent flowers to Ann and thrilled her to pieces. • Your wonderful comments thrilled me to death.
break sth to pieces
Idiom(s): break sth to pieces
Theme: RUIN
to shatter something. (Informal.) • I broke my crystal vase to pieces. • I dropped a glass and broke it to pieces.
thrilled to pieces
Idiom(s): thrilled to death AND thrilled to pieces
Theme: EXCITEMENT
very excited; very pleased. • She was thrilled to death to get the flowers. • I'm just thrilled to pieces to have you visit me.
pick sth to pieces
Idiom(s): pick holes in something AND pick something to pieces
Theme: CRITICISM
to criticize something severely; to find all the flaws or fallacies in an argument. • The lawyer picked holes in the witness's story. • They will pick holes in your argument. • She picked my story to pieces.
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v. phr. 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors. 2. To destroy or defeat completely. The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians.When Dick showed his book report to his big sister for correction, she cut it to pieces.
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v. phr. To disintegrate; collapse. After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire started to fall to pieces.
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v. phr. To become very nervous or sick from nervousness; become wild. Mrs. Vance went to pieces when she heard her daughter was in the hospital.The man went to pieces when the judge said he would have to go to prison for life.Mary goes to pieces when she can't have her own way.
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v. phr. To criticize harshly; find things wrong with; find fault with. After the dance, the girls picked Susan apart.They picked the play to pieces.
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adv. phr. 1. Into broken pieces or fragments; destroyed. The cannon shot the town to pieces.The vase fell to pieces in Mary's hand. 2. informal So as not to work; into a state of not operating. After 100,000 miles the car went to pieces.When Mary heard of her mother's death, she went to pieces. 3. informal Very much; greatly; exceedingly. Joan was thrilled to pieces to see Mary.The noise scared Bob to pieces. 4. See: PICK APART.
thrill to pieces Also, thrill to death. Give great pleasure, delight, as in I was just thrilled to pieces with our new grandson, or He was thrilled to death when he first saw the Himalayas. Both of these hyperbolic terms use thrill in the sense of “affect with sudden emotion,” a usage dating from the late 1500s. Also see tickled pink.
thành từng mảnh
1. Theo nghĩa đen, thành những mảnh nhỏ. Đội phá dỡ vừa đến và thổi tung ngôi nhà ra từng mảnh. Chiếc bình vỡ tan thành nhiều mảnh khi tui làm rơi nó xuống sàn. Ở một mức độ lớn hoặc tuyệt cú vời. A: "Tôi thực sự hy vọng Mary hết hưởng bữa tiệc sinh nhật bất ngờ của mình." B: "Tôi chắc chắn rằng cô ấy sẽ vui mừng từng mảnh!" Chúc con ngủ ngon, bố mẹ yêu con đến từng mảnh! 3. Đối với một khung tâm trí bất ổn định về mặt cảm xúc. (Được sử dụng hầu như chỉ sau động từ "đi".) Tội nghề Jane thực sự tan thành từng mảnh trong lễ tang. Tôi bất thể xem những bộ phim tồi tệ đó bởi vì tui chỉ xem từng mảnh.4. Sang trạng thái xấu đi, hư hỏng hoặc bất thành công. Cậu bé, bữa tiệc này vừa tan thành mây khói. Đầu tiên, có vấn đề với người phục vụ ăn uống, và bây giờ một nửa số khách bất đến. Bàn thắng ở phút cuối cùng của họ vừa tiêu tan hy vọng của chúng tui trong chuyện làm cho trận playoff thành từng mảnh. Hãy xem thêm: mảnh
thành từng mảnh
thành những mảnh vỡ, không tổ chức hoặc nhầm lẫn, như trong tui xé lập luận của anh ta thành từng mảnh. Thuật ngữ ẩn dụ này vừa được sử dụng rất nhiều từ khoảng năm 1600. Cũng xem go to piece; nhặt rời (thành từng mảnh); hồi hộp đến từng mảnh. Xem thêm: mảnhXem thêm:
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ to pieces