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
Waleria	vah-LER-yah	Polish
Thomas	['tɔməs]
Mikaela	MEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Genevieve	JEN-ə-veev	English
Argyros	-	Ancient Greek
Misti	MIS-tee	English