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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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After cutting the ribbon on a new 25,000-square-foot expansion in late 2004, J. The first service from Germany saw Bert Trautmann, a former prisoner of war, cutting the ribbon just days before his heroic performance for City in the FA Cup Final where he played in the latter part of the match with a broken neck. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said it was only fitting that on a day the nation memorialized the late Rosa Parks for her brave stance of refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus in Montgomery, Los Angeles would be cutting the ribbon on another piece of its regional transit system. |
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