Go to pieces

go to pieces

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."

(Mrs. Vance became very nervous when 

she herd her daughter was in the hospital.) 

 

"The man went to pieces when the 

judge sentenced him to life."

(The man became wild 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. 

(Mary becomes wild when she doesn't get what she wants)