bits and pieces meaning
i’m in pieces bits and pieces
i miss you to bits and pieces meaning
i miss you to bits and pieces
i love you to bits and pieces
to help you with bits and pieces
What do these phrases mean? Please give some examples.
The phrase bits and pieces can be used in many different situations and have various meanings. In general though it refers to many different types of small or random items like the bits and pieces you might find at the bottom of your handbag such as receipts, pens, coins, etc. Or the bits and pieces that lay around a mechanics garage such as screws, nails, hammer, measuring tape, etc.
Let’s look at the phrase to help you with bits and pieces first. This is used when we want to offer help to somebody with small or miscellaneous things. You could help your housemate with bits and pieces around the house such as washing the dishes or taking out the trash for example. Or you could offer to help your work colleague with bits and pieces such as proofreading an email.
Here are some more examples of the phrase to help you with bits and pieces:
- He helped his wife with bits and pieces around the house. He hung up paintings and watered the plants.
- Kate asked for to help her with bits and pieces of her assignment, I was happy to proofread and offer advice on her assignment.
- I can help you with bits and pieces of the project, if you would like?
The idiomatic phrases I’m in pieces or I’m in bits and pieces are used to describe how upset a person is. If you think of a completed jigsaw puzzle but then somebody breaks it apart into bits and pieces, you can use this example figuratively when talking about somebody’s emotions or feelings. The person is so upset they are broken, they are in bits and pieces.
Here are is a dialogue to help you understand the phrase more clearly:
- What’s wrong Caroline? Why are you crying?
- I was given my notice in work today. I have three more weeks and after that I won’t have a job.
- I’m so sorry Caroline. Are you ok?
- I’m in bits and pieces. I don’t know what I am going to do. This is a disaster! I needed that job to pay my student loans.
- Don’t worry, you’ll find a new job.
- I really hope you’re right.
The phrases I miss you to bits and pieces and I love you to bits and pieces have similar meanings and can be used in similar situations. If you miss somebody to bits it means you miss every part of them, you miss the smallest and the biggest parts of them. This is the same for I love you to bits, if somebody says this to you they are saying they love every aspect of you (even the bad bits).
Let’s take a look at some examples:
- I love my children to bits and pieces. They can be bold at times but I love every part of them.
- You can see that he loves her to bits and pieces, he adores her.
- I missed you to bits and pieces when you were gone, it is so good to have you back home.
- We will miss you to bits and pieces when you move away for college, the house will feel very empty without you.
