to pieces



to pieces

Into fragments, disorganized, or confused, as in I tore his argument to pieces. This metaphoric term has been so used since about 1600. Also see go to pieces; pick apart (to pieces); thrill to pieces.
See also: piece

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shouheisho:-he:Japanese
Odello-DELEnglish
Ora (1)-English
Bojana-Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Bent (2)-Frisian
Boyana-Bulgarian