have a nervous breakdown

nervové zhroucení, nervově se zhroutit,

The poor centipede worried over the answer until he had a nervous breakdown and lost the ability to walk naturally. (BNC)

Dad goes on like that, especially when his secretary's off with a nervous breakdown again. (BNC)

I've heard of women so depressed that they spend their 40th birthday incommunicado, having a mini nervous breakdown in bed. (BNC)

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