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be coming / falling apart at the seamsa. if a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail〔计划〕接近失败;〔组织〕分崩离析:•The health service seems to be falling apart at the seams.公共医疗卫生服务似乎到了崩溃的边缘。b. if a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened〔衣服的〕线缝裂开，缝口破裂 |