Seams

The public school system is coming apart at the seams.

The cinema is bursting at the seams.

Please take in the seams of the jacket a little.

Some of the seams of the dress were held together only loosely by basting stitches, pending the final fitting.

My jeans ripped at the seams.

Reality is ripping apart at the seams.

His clothes were bursting at the seams.