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unglued
un·glued U0074100 (ŭn-glo͞od′)adj.1. Loosened or separated; unfastened.2. Informal In confused distress; upset.Idiom: come unglued Informal To lose one's composure.unglued (ʌnˈɡluːd) adjnot fixed by glueun•glued (ʌnˈglud)
adj. separated or detached; not glued. Idioms: come unglued, Informal. a. to lose emotional control. b. to disintegrate; fall apart: Negotiations have come unglued. [1685] Translationsunglued
come apart at the seams1. To be approaching failure. Boy, this party is really coming apart at the seams. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.2. To become very emotional. Poor Jane really came apart at the seams during the funeral service. I can't watch those sappy movies because I just come apart at the seams every time.See also: apart, come, seamcome unglued1. To become extremely upset or emotional. Primarily heard in US. Poor Jane really came unglued during the funeral service.2. To encounter setbacks or fail altogether. Primarily heard in US. Boy, this party is really coming unglued. First, there was the issue with the caterer, and now half the guests aren't coming.See also: come, ungluedcome ungluedFig. to lose emotional control; to break out into tears or laughter. When Sally heard the joke, she almost came unglued. When the bank took away my car, I came unglued and cried and cried.See also: come, ungluedcome apart at the seamsAlso, come unglued or unstuck . Become extremely upset; break down. For example, After he lost his job Brad seemed to come apart at the seams or The proposed bank merger is coming unglued, or When her last play flopped she became completely unstuck. This idiom transfers physical to emotional disintegration. [Slang; mid-1900s] See also: apart, come, seamcome ungluedAlso, come unstuck. See come apart at the seams. See also: come, ungluedungluedsee under come apart at the seams. come apart at the seams 1. If a system or relationship comes apart at the seams it completely fails. Note: The seams of a piece of clothing are the places where the separate pieces of cloth used to make it are stitched together. Our relationship was coming apart at the seams — we were quarrelling the whole time. Note: You can also say that something falls apart at the seams. Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams because of cuts in government funding.2. If someone is coming apart at the seams, they have stopped being able to manage their life because they are very unhappy or under so much stress. Note: The seams of a piece of clothing are the places where the separate pieces of cloth used to make it are stitched together. He stood for a moment, breathing deeply; he was coming apart at the seams, something he had never thought would happen to him.See also: apart, come, seamcome unglued AMERICAN, INFORMAL1. If someone comes unglued, they cannot control their emotions and they behave in a strange or crazy way. She had apparently come unglued since losing her job as a writer for Western Gentry magazine. He had come unglued over a girl who was pregnant with his child. She wouldn't marry him, and he had gone to her house with a sawn-off shotgun and threatened to shoot her.2. If someone or something comes unglued, they fail. Their marriage finally came unglued. Everything seemed to be coming unglued. Note: The usual British expression is come unstuck. See also: come, ungluedcome (or fall) apart at the seams 1 (of a thing) fall to pieces. 2 (of a person); have an emotional breakdown; collapse. informal Seams are the lines along which pieces of fabric or the planks of a boat are joined, perceived as the points most likely to be damaged or weakened.See also: apart, come, seamcome unˈglued (American English, informal)
1 become very upset: I don’t know why, but whenever I take my child to the doctor’s she comes unglued.
2 if a plan, etc. comes unglued, it does not work successfully: Personally, I’m not sorry the building plans have come unglued. It means they’ll leave the public park alone.See also: come, unglued come unglued Informal To lose one's composure.See also: come, unglued |