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be in tatters
1. Of a fabric, typically clothing, to be torn or worn into strips.
You can't wear this jacket to dinner—it's in tatters!
2. By extension, to be in a ruined condition.
The company was in tatters after the founding members resigned.
Our relationship is in tatters. I have no idea how we could fix it.
See also: tatter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
be in tatters
1 (of clothes) be torn in many places: He got into a fight and came home with his clothes in tatters.
2 (of a plan, an idea, a person’s feelings, etc.) be ruined or badly damaged: She’s failed her exams, and now all her hopes of becoming a doctor are in tatters. His career and his reputation are both in tatters after the scandal.
See also: tatter
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tatter
in tatters
shot to hell
(all) shot to hell
funnies
tear it
that tears it
That tears it!
that's torn it
all holiday