tatters

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tat·ters BrE [ˈtætəz] NAmE [ˈtætərz] noun plural
clothes or pieces of cloth that are badly torn
Idiom: ↑in tatters

Word Origin:
[tatters] late Middle English (also in the singular meaning ‘scrap of cloth’): from Old Norse tǫtrar ‘rags’.

Example Bank:
•Her clothes were in tatters.
•Her marriage now lay in tatters.
•With their plans now in tatters, they gave up.
•an injury that left his dreams in tatters

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rag, shred, tag, tag end