Pick Up The Pieces Meaning

Pick Up The Pieces is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic, intransitive) To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Pick Up The Pieces

(idiomatic, intransitive) To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.

Example : 1957, "Roberts' Rules of Order", Time, 14 Jan 1957:  Picking up the pieces after the Suez disaster, the British found themselves getting used to the idea that they are not as big a power as they thought they were.2011, Randeep Ramesh, The Guardian, 3 Feb 2011:  "Cutting administrators is a huge mistake, and will only mean other staff such as nurses have to pick up the pieces."

Meaning of Pick Up The Pieces

Pick Up The Pieces is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Pick Up The Pieces stands for (idiomatic, intransitive) To restore one's life (or a given situation etc.) to a normal state, after a calamity, shock etc.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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