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
Harta	HAHR-tah	Indonesian
Gedaliah	ged-ə-LIE-ə (English)	Biblical
ÁSbjÖRn	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Vitaliy	vee-TAH-lee (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Caetano	-	Portuguese
Yijun	-	Chinese