in die Brüche gehen
a relationship, plan, or structure fails completely
Türkçe: tamamen yıkılmak
In a sentence
Ihre langjährige Freundschaft geht leider in die Brüche.
How it is used
Means a relationship, plan, or structure fails completely. Colloquial/idiomatic register. Used when a marriage ends or a project collapses. 'Ihre Ehe ist in die Brüche gegangen.' Not for physical objects breaking.
Other collocations built on gehen
- auf Abstand gehen (auch fig.)to move away/create distance
- an die Arbeit gehento start working or begin a task
- ins Auge gehento go wrong
- jdm. um den Bart gehento fawn over someone
- ins Bett gehento go to bed (to sleep)
- zu Bett gehento go to bed
- in die Berge gehento go to the mountains
- in Berufung gehento go into appeal
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