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
BrÍD-Irish
Nina (2)-Near Eastern Mythology
Ghjulia-Corsican
NoachNO-ahkh (Dutch)Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew
ElleELEnglish (Modern)
ClemenceKLEM-əntsEnglish