the wheels fall off
[cause] the wheels to [fall off|come off]the wheels fall off
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used to refer to something that was working or progressing well but suddenly stopped functioning or fell apart
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Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
The plan to restructure the organization was proceeding smoothly until a key manager quit, causing the wheels to fall off the whole project.
