lie in ruins

to exist in a state of ruin, such as a destroyed city, building, scheme, plan, etc. The entire city lay in ruins. My garden lay in ruins after the cows got in and trampled everything.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chrysanthos	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
Szymon	SHI-mawn	Polish
Elihu	i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
DrahomÍR	-	Czech
Aharon	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Jyrgal	-	Kyrgyz