be coming/falling apart at the seams

a) FAILif a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail 〔计划〕接近失败；〔组织〕分崩离析

The health service seems to be falling apart at the seams.

公共医疗卫生服务似乎到了崩溃的边缘。

b) CONDITION/STATE OF somethingif a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened 〔衣服的〕线缝裂开，缝口破裂

Examples from the Corpus

be coming/falling apart at the seams• The country's whole economy is coming apart at the seams.

→ be coming/falling apart at the seams at seam(1)

单词	be coming/falling apart at the seams
释义	be coming/falling apart at the seams be coming/falling apart at the seams a) FAILif a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail 〔计划〕接近失败；〔组织〕分崩离析 The health service seems to be falling apart at the seams. 公共医疗卫生服务似乎到了崩溃的边缘。 b) CONDITION/STATE OF somethingif a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened 〔衣服的〕线缝裂开，缝口破裂 Examples from the Corpus be coming/falling apart at the seams• The country's whole economy is coming apart at the seams. → be coming/falling apart at the seams at seam(1)
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