If too much is removed, the leaves will breakintopieces.
如果去掉太多，叶子就会碎成碎片。
2
If you dropped the glass, it would breakintopieces.
如果你把杯子掉到地上，它就会摔碎的。
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A system that is over-reliant on prediction (through leverage, like the banking system before the recent crisis), hence fragile to unforeseen "black swan" events, will eventually breakintopieces.