'He's in pieces' or 'he's in bits', meaning that he's distressed or distraught. An increasingly common expression? I expect it is a development of 'to go to pieces', but I think 'being in pieces' rather than 'going to pieces' is quite new. It's certainly not in my edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Anyone know where it's come from or why it's become popular? American? 'East Enders'?