rack and ruin



rack and ruin

Completely destroyed. “Rack” is a variant of “wrack,” meaning “wreck.” Accordingly, something (or someone) that has gone to rack and ruin is totally devastated.
See also: and, rack, ruin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mcclure[mə'kluə]
Natsuminah-tsoo-meeJapanese
CarmenKAHR-men (Spanish), KAHR-mən (English)Spanish, English, Italian, Romanian
Austin['ɔ:stin]
FrÍ&Eth;A-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Cathrine-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish