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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.
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.
The paper had come off the bottom of the wall and hung there in tatters.
 
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