to come crashing down

The last thing you want is for your clock to come crashing down in the middle of the night!
La dernière chose que vous voulez est pour votre horloge à venir s'écraser dans le milieu de la nuit !
And I realized that the whole empire was likely to come crashing down unless I chipped in a chip.
J'ai compris que tout l'empire allait vraisemblablement s'effondrer si je n'y mettais pas d'argent.
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