in tatters

That’s also, in Vance’s opinion, what makes her more dangerous: Gaetz may have been willing to abuse the Department of Justice on Trump’s behalf, but he would have been coming in with no experience and a reputation already in tatters.

This was traditional Dodgers talent mixed with newfound Dodgers tough, the combustible combination exploding across the baseball world, leaving teams in tatters from the Pacific Ocean to the Hudson River.

Current national plans to limit carbon emissions would barely cut pollution by 2030, the UN analysis shows, leaving efforts to keep warming under 1.5C this century in tatters.

It landed a series of powerful blows that threw the Islamic regime in Tehran off balance and left its strategy in tatters.

Now, with their season in tatters, the Trojans and their coach faced a long flight back to pick up the pieces.