BE FALLING / COMING APART AT THE SEAMS

Meaning of BE FALLING / COMING APART AT THE SEAMS in English

( informal ) to be going very badly wrong and likely to stop functioning completely :

She was falling apart at the seams, spending most of her time in tears.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APART — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES apart from ▪ We didn’t see anyone all day, apart from a couple of kids …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APART — apart, separat, isolat, desunit. ~ FROM THAT: ultra to
English interlingue dictionary
COMING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from the gerund of comen to come : an act or instance …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APART — I. əˈpärt, -pȧt, usu -d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French a part, literally, at the side, to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEAMS — plural of seam present third singular of seam
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALLING — adjective Etymology: from present part of fall (I) : passing from a more vigorous to a less vigorous physical condition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALLING — (a. & n.) from Fall, v. i.
Английский словарь Webster
FALLING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fall
Английский словарь Webster
COMING — (n.) Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
Английский словарь Webster
COMING — (a.) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
Английский словарь Webster
COMING — ( n. ) Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COMING — ( a. ) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COMING — /kum"ing/ , n. 1. approach; arrival; advent: His coming here was a mistake. adj. 2. following or impending; next; approaching: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APART — — apartness , n. /euh pahrt"/ , adv. 1. into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FALLING — adj. dropping; descending
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FALLING — v. tumble; descend; decrease; become; occur on; be victimized
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FALLING — n. tumbling, dropping, descending
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COMING — I. ˈkə-miŋ noun Date: 13th century : an act or instance of arriving II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APART — I. ə-ˈpärt adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French a part, literally, to one side Date: 14th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FALLING — adj & ·noun from fall, ·vi. 2. falling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of fall.
Webster English vocab
COMING — adj ready to come; complaisant; fond. 2. coming ·noun specifically: the second advent of christ. 3. coming ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
APART — adv aside; away. 2. apart ·adv separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to …
Webster English vocab
COMING — [com.ing] n (13c): an act or instance of arriving [2]coming adj (15c) 1: immediately due in sequence or development "in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APART — [apart] adv [ME, fr. MF a part, lit., to the side] (14c) 1 a: at a little distance "tried to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COMING — coming BrE AmE ˈkʌm ɪŋ ▷ coming|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMING — / ˈkʌmɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ sing. ] the ~ of sth the time when sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APART — / əˈpɑːt; NAmE əˈpɑːrt/ adverb 1. separated by a distance, of space or time : The two houses stood 500 …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMING — I. com ‧ ing 1 /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun 1 . the coming of something/somebody the time when something new …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APART — a ‧ part S2 W1 /əˈpɑːt $ -ɑːrt/ BrE AmE adverb , adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMING — adj. & n. --attrib.adj. 1 approaching, next (in the coming week; this coming Sunday). 2 of potential importance (a coming …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APART — adv. 1 separately; not together (keep your feet apart). 2 into pieces (came apart in my hands). 3 a to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMING — adj. & n. attrib.adj. 1 approaching, next (in the coming week; this coming Sunday). 2 of potential importance (a coming …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APART — adv. 1 separately; not together (keep your feet apart). 2 into pieces (came apart in my hands). 3 a to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMING — adj. & n. --attrib.adj. 1. approaching, next (in the coming week; this coming Sunday). 2 of potential importance (a coming …
Oxford English vocab
APART — adv.1 separately; not together (keep your feet apart). 2 into pieces (came apart in my hands). 3 a to or …
Oxford English vocab
APART — I. POSITIONS AND STATES /əpɑ:(r)t/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A coming event or time is an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES coming along...nicely (= it is growing well ) ▪ The garden’s coming along very …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FALLING — [adjective] [not gradable]falling birth rates/interest ratesParents have been complaining about falling standards in the school.
Cambridge English vocab
COMING — [adjective] [before noun]We look forward to greater success in the coming year (= the year that follows from today).I'll be …
Cambridge English vocab
APART — (SEPARATE) [adverb] - separated by a distance or, less commonly, by timeStand with your feet wide apart and lower the …
Cambridge English vocab
FALLING — Synonyms and related words : cascading, collapsing, coming apart, cracking, crumbling, dangling, decadent, deciduous, declined, declining, declivate, declivitous, declivous, decurrent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COMING — Synonyms and related words : about to be, access, accession, accomplishment, achievement, advance, advancing, advent, afflux, affluxion, already in sight, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — Synonyms and related words : a huis clos, adrift, alien, alienated, all to pieces, alone, aloof, apart from, aside, aside …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — See: JOKING ASIDE or JOKING APART, POLES APART, TELL APART.
Slang English vocab
COMING — n. coming in up and coming comings in
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APART — adv. Function: adverb 1 as a discrete item FF1C; taken apart, his view seemed sound enough FF1E; Synonyms: independently, individually, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APART — I. adverb 1. as a discrete item taken apart, his view seemed sound enough Synonyms: independently, individually, one by one, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FALLING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
FALLING — adj. Falling is used with these nouns: ↑ attendance , ↑ debris , ↑ demand , ↑ intonation , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COMING — • ↑ had it coming • ↑ have it coming • ↑ see sth coming • ↑ the coming of
Longman Activator English vocab
APART — See ↑ DISTANCE 1, ↑ SEPARATE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be falling apart • ↑ can tell sb/sth apart • …
Longman Activator English vocab
COMING — n. 25B6; adjective the coming election : FORTHCOMING, imminent, impending, approaching; future, expected, anticipated; close, at hand, in store, in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — adv. 25B6; adverb the villages are two miles apart : AWAY/DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER. Isabel stood apart : TO ONE …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — adv. 1 aside, to one side, by oneself, at a distance, separate, separately He stood apart when the awards were …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
APART — See: JOKING ASIDE or JOKING APART, POLES APART, TELL APART.
Словарь английских идиом
SEAMS — линзочки - closeness of seams - tighten the seams Швы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FALLING — 1. сущ. 1) падение; выпадание; понижение (тж. перен.) the falling of the mercury in the barometer ≈ падение ртутного столбика …
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