in tatters

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in tatters

Fig. in torn pieces of cloth. The poor man's clothes hung in tatters. The flag was in tatters after the storm.

in tatters

damaged beyond repair They argued and fought for years, and their relationship is now in tatters.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of clothing in tatters ( torn in small pieces)

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Vassenka Veslovsky had had no notion before that it was truly chic for a sportsman to be in tatters, but to have his shooting outfit of the best quality. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context The damask cushion, once so splendid, was now squeezed out of all shape, and absolutely in tatters, so many were the ponderous gentlemen who had deposited their weight upon it during these thirty years. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context The paper had come off the bottom of the wall and hung there in tatters. Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context			in single file in situ in small doses in so many words in some neck of the woods in some respects in some transaction for in spades in spare time in spite of in spitting distance in stead in step in step with in stitches in stock in stocking feet in storage in store in style in sum in summary in Sunday best in surgery in tandem in tatters in tears in terms of in that regard in the absence of in the act in the affirmative in the air in the altogether in the back of mind in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of			in style in style in style In Substance Debt Defeasance In Substance Defeasance in substance is in sum in sum in sum in summary in Sunday best In sunder In suo quisque negotio hebetior est quam in alieno in support in support of in support of in surgery in suspense in sync in sync in synch in synch in tabulas referre In Tall Cotton in tandem in tandem in tandem in tandem In Tartiflette We Puke In Tartiflette We Trust in tatters in tears in tela in tempus In term in terms in terms in terms in terms in terms in terms of in terms of in terms of in terms of in terms of in terms of in terms of In Terms of Zone A In terrorem In terrorem clause In terrorem populi in that in that in that in that in that in that case in that connection in that connection in that connection in that connection

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