to pieces
Appearance
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, piece.
- Into fragments or parts.
- The dog tore the doll to pieces.
- Into fragments or parts.
- (idiomatic) Completely, utterly.
- I just love my nieces to pieces.
- (idiomatic) Out of control.
- (idiomatic) Into a state of emotional breakdown.
- I went all to pieces when my brother died.
Synonyms
[edit]- (into parts): apart, into pieces, to bits, to smithereens
- (utterly): to death
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “to pieces”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.