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fray around/at the edges
idiom
to start to become less effective or successful: 分崩离析；开始失效；开始走向失败
Without the unifying forces of the army and the monarchy, it seems, the nation would begin to fray at the edges.要不是军队和君主政体相结合，该国看来就会分崩离析了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
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