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Bill Stone, Yachting, 1979

Each of Nature's organisms, when frightened or confused, reacts in a characteristic way: deer flee, blowfish swell up, and government emits pieces of paper.

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to pieces

[to pieces] {adv. phr.} 1. Into broken pieces or fragments; destroyed. * /The cannon shot the town to pieces./ * /The vase fell to pieces in Mary's hand./ 2. {informal} […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stone

[stone] See: [CAST THE FIRST STONE], [HEART OF STONE], [KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE], [LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED], [PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES], [ROLLING […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

heart of stone

[heart of stone] {n. phr.} A nature without pity. * /Mr. Smith has a heart of stone. He whipped his horse until it fell down./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

go to pieces

[go to pieces] {v. phr.} To become very nervous or sick from nervousness; become wild. * /Mrs. Vance went to pieces when she heard her daughter was in the hospital./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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