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What's the meaning of "things fall apart"? Is it an idiom?
The conversation is as following:
"What happened to us?" I asked.
"Things fall apart." she says.
What's the meaning of "things fall apart." Under which circumstances can it be used? Can you tell me? I'll be abliged for that.
2011年12月15日 06:33
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It's better to say "things fell apart."
In this situation it means that the relationship simply broke into pieces. It's not a very common expression and it's mainly used to describe relationships.
Of course, it can also mean that "a bridge fell apart" or "my house fell apart."
2011年12月15日
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"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,"
These are lines from a poem by WB Yeats: "The Second Coming". "Things fall apart" can be said when something we believed would last forever, comes to an end.
"Things Fall Apart" is the title of a novel by Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe.
2011年12月15日
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fall apart = break down
fall apart
1. To break down; collapse: The rickety chair fell apart.
2. To suffer a nervous breakdown: He fell apart after years as a POW.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fall+apart
2011年12月15日
1
不是 idiom, 是一首诗里的名句，也是有名小说的名字。 这里差不多是 “人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺” 的意思。
2011年12月15日
lets read "things fall apart" with "german:befallen", because german and english are from one root. then "things fall apart" are {things happen up from the heart, maybe from the ward or upwards, and invitations happen over artificial imitations}. and "to tell" is a "payment" from "bud-get", there might be another verb for "to tell", maybe, "say to me". with Apostels the Bible is a great source of realization and for realization. so, we retalk.
2011年12月15日
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