Carl and I went to visit his sister in Sunnyvale, and Carl saw his old bike from when he was 10. Yeap, really old bike. It made me think of this expression:

• Cair aos pedaços = to fall apart, to fall to pieces

Let’s see a few examples:

• A casa está caindo aos pedaços = The house is falling apart. (picture)

• Tenho trabalhado muito e não tenho dormido bem. Estou caindo aos pedaços. = I have been working a lot and haven’t been sleeping well. I am falling apart (exhausted).

• O casamento de Francisco está caindo aos pedaços. = Francisco marriage is falling apart.

• Não viajo nesse carro de jeito nenhum. Está caindo aos pedaços! = There is no way I am going to travel in this car. It is falling to pieces!

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