smash/blow etc something to smithereensinformalBREAK to destroy something by breaking it into very small pieces, or with an explosion 把某物摔得/炸得粉碎
The shop was blown to smithereens by the explosion.
这家商店被炸得粉碎。
Examples from the Corpus
smash/blow etc something to smithereens• He says an overweightlorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens.
Examples from the Corpus
smithereens• He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to.• He says an overweightlorry in a crash will smash a car to smithereens.• What I really wanted was to bash him to smithereens.• If my anger breaks the glass, I could be smashed to smithereens.• There were the remains of a ship in a bottle, smashed to smithereens, and a rubbertoy Bowie knife.• Blowing themselves to smithereens may not have been the only steps they took to shieldidentity.
Originsmithereens
(1800-1900)Irish Gaelicsmidirin, from smiodar“small piece”