3PHRASE 停止正常运行;崩溃 If something is coming apart at the seams or is falling apart at the seams, it is no longer working properly and may soon stop working completely. 停止正常运行;崩溃
Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams.
英国的大学体系面临分崩离析的危险。
4PHRASE (场所)过于拥挤,人满为患 If a place is very full, you can say that it is bursting at the seams . (场所)过于拥挤,人满为患
The hotels of Warsaw, Prague and Budapest were bursting at the seams.