wrack and ruin



wrack and ruin

Cliché complete destruction or ruin. They went back after the fire and saw the wrack and ruin that used to be their house. Drinking brought him nothing but wrack and ruin.
See also: and, ruin, wrack

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Romanrah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German
Arne (1)AHR-ne (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Loukianos-Ancient Greek
Joannejo-AN (English), zho-AN (French)English, French
Michiel-Dutch
StaceySTAY-seeEnglish