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Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security.
Arthur L. Herman

Meaning of "pick up the pieces" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICK UP THE PIECES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICK UP THE PIECES

pick ´n´ mix
pick and choose
pick and mix
pick at
pick off
pick on
pick out
pick someone´s brain
pick someone´s brains
pick the eyes out
pick up stompies
pick-and-mix
pick-me-up
pick-up
pick-up arm
pick-up joint
pick-up point
pick-up truck
pickaback
pickable

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICK UP THE PIECES

advances
circumstances
consequences
emergency services
faeces
feces
finances
financial services
Forces
go to pieces
house prices
human resources
human-resources
pieces
races
resources
scoleces
services
the services
under the circumstances

Synonyms and antonyms of pick up the pieces in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pick up the pieces» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICK UP THE PIECES

Find out the translation of pick up the pieces to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pick up the pieces from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pick up the pieces» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

收拾残局
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recoger los pedazos
570 millions of speakers

English

pick up the pieces
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टुकड़े उठा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ما فسد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подобрать куски
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

juntar os cacos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকরাগুলো তুলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ramasser les morceaux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ambil potongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Scherben aufzusammeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

事態を収拾する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조각을 데리러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pick munggah bêsik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhận các mảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டுகள் எடுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुकडे उचलून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parçaları topla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

raccogliere i pezzi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pozbierać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підібрати шматки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ridica piesele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να μαζέψει τα κομμάτια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die stukke optel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plocka upp bitarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plukke opp bitene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pick up the pieces

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICK UP THE PIECES»

The term «pick up the pieces» is regularly used and occupies the 67.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICK UP THE PIECES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pick up the pieces

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4 QUOTES WITH «PICK UP THE PIECES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pick up the pieces.
1
Octavia Butler
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
2
Julia Glass
All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces.
3
Arthur L. Herman
Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security.
4
Art Spiegelman
I became comfortable with what I knew would be the process of trying to pick up the pieces of brain that were in the rubble and tried to make some mosaic out of the pieces and that that would be the trajectory.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICK UP THE PIECES»

Discover the use of pick up the pieces in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pick up the pieces and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Addictive Organization: Why We Overwork, Cover Up, Pick ...
Schaef and Fassel show how managers, workers, and organization members exhibit the classic symptoms of addiction: denying and avoiding problems, assuming that there is no other way of acting, and manipulating events to maintain the status ...
Anne Wilson Schaef, 2013
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Picking Up the Pieces: Moving Forward After Surviving Cancer
Introduces an innovative four-phase program, complete with daily practices, designed to assist cancer survivors in picking up the pieces of their lives during the recovery processs, combining the personal experiences of survivors with ...
Sherri Magee, Kathy Scalzo, 2007
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Losing It All & Finding Yourself: How to Pick Up the Pieces ...
No matter what you do, you cannot stop God from loving you! Richard Dortch knows what it means to lose it all.
Richard W. Dortch, 1993
4
Picking Up the Pieces
A minister offers practical advice to the recently divorced about how to cope with loneliness, solo parenting, sexual frustration, and remarriage
Clyde Colvin Besson, 1987
5
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
... not all it's cracked up to be, number is up, on the up and up, own up, pick up, pick up on, pick up some slack, pick up the ball and run with it, pick up the baton, pick up the bill, pick up the pieces, pick up the tab, pick up the thread, pick you up , ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
Six months ago her three daughters walked out and left Charlotte Rodgers to fend for herself.
J. D. Mason, 2011
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The Living Age
Wn'vn had the crash, we've seen the smash, Smoke clears away, and cannon ceases ; Our fighting friends have been so rash — They'll want me to pick up the pieces ! How very thankful they should be, There's one whom hate of war releases ...
‎1866
8
Littell's Living Age
Wn'vs. had the crash, we've seen the smash, Smoke clears away, and cannon ceases ; Our fighting friends have been so rash —They'll want me to pick up the pieces! How very thankful they should be, There's one whom hate of war releases ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1866
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Punch
We 'vr: had the crash, wc'vc seen the smash, Smoke clears away and cannon ceases ; Our fighting friends have been so rashThey 'll want me to pick up the pieces! How very thankful they should be, There 5 one whom hate of war releases ...
‎1865
10
The Living Age ...
We've had the crash, we've seen the smash, Smoke clears away, and cannon ceases ; Our fighting friends have been so rash — They'll wont me to pick up the pieces ! How very thankful they should be, There's one whom hate of war releases ...
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICK UP THE PIECES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pick up the pieces is used in the context of the following news items.
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Premier League 2015-16 preview No2: Aston Villa
Sherwood needs to pick up the pieces and move on, which is pretty much what he has been doing from the day he walked into Villa Park. Villa ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Greeley habitat almost out of land for homes
"Habitat and GURA tend to pick up the pieces that nobody else wants," Safarik said. Through the city's Neighborhood Stabilization Program in ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
3
Car crashes through church wall, two people injured
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Volunteers have been working to pick up the pieces at the Word of Life Church in Kansas City, Mo. after a driver struck ... «KMBC Kansas City, Jul 15»
4
Seattle Seahawks Offer Russell Wilson Big Money, Is The QB Worth It?
It is easy for Russell Wilson to come in and pick up the pieces. He does not have to win a football game by himself. Sadly, that comes with a ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Thanks A Lot... Suckers!
When it comes time to pick up the pieces, may I recommend the Dustbuster? 2. SHARES. Recommend (1) Print RSS. All content published by ... «MediaPost Communications, Jul 15»
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Book review: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Days later, Claire's husband is murdered and she is left to pick up the pieces of her life. But when she makes a shocking discovery, her mother's ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»
7
The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B) Spoilers for July 27-31!
Speaking of Liam, he is once again wishy-washy about which woman he wants to be with and his brother is once again there to pick up the pieces. He finally ... «Soap Shows, Jul 15»
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'Grey's Anatomy' Season 12 [SPOILER ALERT]: First Episode Title …
Season 11 was an emotional period for them, so best pick up the pieces. Again, will Alex and Jo level up their status, if not bring in Katherine ... «Jobs & Hire, Jul 15»
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BWW TV: Watch Highlights of STUPID F##KING BIRD at Victory …
... "sort-of" adaptation of The Seagull takes a baseball bat to one of theatre's most famous works and staunchly refuses to pick up the pieces. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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A life less ordinary: From Cynthia to Zamira; a Filipina nurse with her …
Zamira Bibi weathered the storm but instead of falling apart, she stuck around to pick up the pieces and start anew. Published in The Express ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

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