nervous breakdown
idiomPart ofnervous
nervous breakdown — idiom
1. a period of mental illness or severe emotional stress that makes someone unable
1.idiom
Definition
a period of mental illness or severe emotional stress that makes someone unable to function in their everyday life; not a formal medical term but widely used in everyday language.
Example
After months of working day and night, Chidi suffered a nervous breakdown and had to take a long break from his job.