in shambles

in (a) shambles

Fig. in a messy state; destroyed. After the earthquake, the town lay in shambles. The TV set was in a shambles after John tried to fix it.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jenni	JEN-ee (English), YEN-nee (Finnish)	English, Finnish
Achard	[ə'ʃa:]
Gayelord	GAY-lord	English (Rare)
Sumit	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Borisu	-	Medieval Slavic
Allen	['ælən]