Cook until tender, but not so long that it will fall to pieces. |
When cauliflower is cooked for salad, care must be taken not to cook it so long as to discolor it or cause it to fall to pieces. |
A woman is vulgarly said to fall to pieces, or tumble to pieces, when she is confined. |
By the glare, Adam could see the tower shake and tremble, and finally fall to pieces like a house of cards. |
Gum arabic and dextrin should not be used, for objects thus cemented readily fall to pieces unless kept in perfectly dry rooms. |
Without those petrodollars, they'd fall to pieces. |