Meaning: afterpieces

n.
a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play

pieces Idiom, Proverb

bits and pieces

small pieces, odds and ends Jack built our cabin with bits and pieces - leftover materials.

fall to pieces

be unable to talk or reply, be overwhelmed When I see Mario, I just fall to pieces. He's so handsome!

go to pieces

(See fall to pieces)

pick up the pieces

put together again, mend After her husband died, she tried to pick up the pieces of her life.

to pieces

very much, greatly He loves his little girl to pieces.

pull into pieces

criticize very badly；find serious fault with驳得体无完肤；说得一无是处
Politicians always try to pull their opponents'ideas to pieces．政治家们总是把他们对手的观点驳得体无完肤。
The famous scientist pulled the new theory to pieces because it was very unscientific．这位著名的科学家把这条新理论说得一无是处，因为它很不科学。

thrill sb to pieces

Idiom(s): thrill someone to pieces AND thrill someone to death

Theme: EXCITEMENT

to please or excite someone very much. (Informal.)
• John sent flowers to Ann and thrilled her to pieces.
• Your wonderful comments thrilled me to death.

break sth to pieces

Idiom(s): break sth to pieces

Theme: RUIN

to shatter something. (Informal.)
• I broke my crystal vase to pieces.
• I dropped a glass and broke it to pieces.

thrilled to pieces

Idiom(s): thrilled to death AND thrilled to pieces

Theme: EXCITEMENT

very excited; very pleased.
• She was thrilled to death to get the flowers.
• I'm just thrilled to pieces to have you visit me.

pick sth to pieces

Idiom(s): pick holes in something AND pick something to pieces

Theme: CRITICISM

to criticize something severely; to find all the flaws or fallacies in an argument.
• The lawyer picked holes in the witness's story.
• They will pick holes in your argument.
• She picked my story to pieces.

Pieces of the same cake

Pieces of the same cake are things that have the same characteristics or qualities.

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v. phr. 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors. 2. To destroy or defeat completely. The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians. When Dick showed his book report to his big sister for correction, she cut it to pieces.

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v. phr. To disintegrate; collapse. After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire started to fall to pieces.

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v. phr. To become very nervous or sick from nervousness; become wild. Mrs. Vance went to pieces when she heard her daughter was in the hospital. The man went to pieces when the judge said he would have to go to prison for life. Mary goes to pieces when she can't have her own way.

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v. phr. To criticize harshly; find things wrong with; find fault with. After the dance, the girls picked Susan apart. They picked the play to pieces.

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adv. phr. 1. Into broken pieces or fragments; destroyed. The cannon shot the town to pieces. The vase fell to pieces in Mary's hand. 2. informal So as not to work; into a state of not operating. After 100,000 miles the car went to pieces. When Mary heard of her mother's death, she went to pieces. 3. informal Very much; greatly; exceedingly. Joan was thrilled to pieces to see Mary. The noise scared Bob to pieces. 4. See: PICK APART.

pick to pieces

pick to pieces
see pick apart.

thrill to pieces

thrill to pieces
Also, thrill to death. Give great pleasure, delight, as in I was just thrilled to pieces with our new grandson, or He was thrilled to death when he first saw the Himalayas. Both of these hyperbolic terms use thrill in the sense of “affect with sudden emotion,” a usage dating from the late 1500s. Also see tickled pink.