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cut someone to ribbons 1. Lit. to cut or slice someone severely. He broke a mirror and the glass cut his hand to ribbons. 2. Fig. to criticize someone severely. The critics just cut her acting to ribbons! See also: cut shot full of holes and shot to ribbons; shot to hell; shot to pieces 1. Fig. [of an argument that is] demolished or comprehensively destroyed. Come on, that theory was shot full of holes ages ago. Your argument is all shot to hell. 2. to be very intoxicated due to drink or drugs. Tipsy? Shot to ribbons, more like! Boy, I really felt shot full of holes. I'll never drink another drop. 3. totally ruined. (Use hell with caution.) My car is all shot to hell and can't be depended on. This rusty old knife is shot to hell. I need a sharper one. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The city celebrated by cutting a ribbon to open the mile-long trail that starts at Meadview Avenue near The Master's College, runs along Placerita Canyon Road and extends over a ridge to Creekview Park in Newhall. I'd cut school to go for beauty queen appearances, and my mother would write funny notes to explain my absence, like `Delta's been kidnapped,' because the teachers all knew that I was cutting a ribbon somewhere. Nasdaq:RUSHA)(Nasdaq:RUSHB) kicks off its two-week October "Deere-Fest" by cutting a ribbon to mark the grand opening of its newest construction equipment dealership, located in Troy, a suburban area north of Detroit. |
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