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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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Thutmose | | thoot-MO-sə (English), thoot-MOS (English) | Ancient Egyptian (Anglicized) |
Vidal | | bee-DHAHL | Spanish |
Hayatİ | | - | Turkish |
Franc | | - | Slovene |
Paula | | ['pɔ:lə] | |
Elyse | | - | English |