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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Auxentius | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| Reg | | REJ | English |
| Sergei | | syer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian) | Russian, Bulgarian |
| Arnaud | | ar-NO | French |
| Ruprecht | | - | German (Archaic) |
| Priamos | | - | Greek Mythology |