in ruins
Meaning
(of a building) mostly destroyed
(figuratively) totally spoiled
After being found guilty of animal abuse, her reputation was in ruins.
His finances were in ruins after spending all his inheritance on cars and drugs.
Synonyms
Examples
A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins.
A man is a god in ruins.
A man is a god in ruins.
What can I say? If I knew in 1934 what I know now, I would have remained in the navy. I didn't know that this was going to happen and I didn't know that Germany was going to lose the war and be in ruins.
We have to lock up people, without trial, whether they are communists, whether they are language chauvinists, whether they are religious extremists. If you don't do that, the country would be in ruins.
One sturdy house is worth a hundred in ruins.