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cut to ribbons
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!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Sigibert | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Ravinder | | - | Indian (Sikh) |
| Zia | | - | Arabic |
| Rosalinda | | ro-sah-LEEN-dah (Spanish), ro-zah-LEEN-dah (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
| Zlatko | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian |
| Hruodnand | | - | Ancient Germanic |