Come apart at the seams and Take pains

Take pains and come apart at the seams are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take pains" instead a verb phrase "Come apart at the seams".

Take pains verb - Try very hard to do something.

Come apart at the seams and take pains are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come apart at the seams" instead a verb phrase "Take pains".