Emotions & feelings
go to pieces
lose emotional control
To go to pieces means to become unable to think or act calmly because of pressure or strong emotion.
Hear it in real life
You seemed calm before the test.
Yes, but I went to pieces as soon as it began.
I went to pieces when the interviewer asked me a question I could not answer.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I go into pieces in exams.
Say: I go to pieces in exams.
The fixed preposition in this idiom is 'to', not 'into'.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go to pieces; went to pieces; nearly go to pieces
Your turn: say it out loud
I went to pieces when the interviewer asked me a question I could not answer.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go to pieces
lose emotional control
“I went to pieces when the interviewer asked me a question I could not answer.”
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