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1 go to rack and ruin
(to get into a state of neglect and decay.) joutua rappiolle -
2 rack
• ritilä• räkki• ristikko• runko• häkki• tuulen ajamat pilvet• hylly• asennuskehikko• vaatenaulakko• vaivata• raastaa• tavarateline• teline• kehikko• kehikko (laite)• kehys• kiduttaa• kiusata• hammastanko• naulakko• kuivausteline• piina• piinata• piinapenkki* * *I ræk noun(a frame or shelf in or on which objects (eg letters, plates, luggage etc) are put until they are wanted or needed: Put these tools back in the rack; Put your bag in the luggage-rack.) telineII ræk III ræk
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Rack and ruin — Rack Rack, n. [See {Wreck}.] A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.] [1913 Webster] {Rack and ruin}, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.] {To go to rack}, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] All goes to rack. Pepys. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked … The small dictionary of idiomes
rack and ruin — A state of neglect and collapse • • • Main Entry: ↑rack … Useful english dictionary
rack and ruin — {n. phr.} Complete decay; condition of decline. * /The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin./ … Dictionary of American idioms
rack and ruin — {n. phr.} Complete decay; condition of decline. * /The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin./ … Dictionary of American idioms
rack\ and\ ruin — n. phr. Complete decay; condition of decline. The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin … Словарь американских идиом
rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked … Dictionary of English idioms
rack and ruin — Meaning Destitution. Origin Rack here is a corruption of wrack or wreck … Meaning and origin of phrases
go to rack and ruin — go to rack/wrack and ruin old fashioned if a building goes to rack and ruin, its condition becomes very bad because no one is taking care of it. She s let that house go to rack and ruin since Clive died … New idioms dictionary
go to rack and ruin — 1) to become less successful The country s going to rack and ruin. 2) if a building goes to rack and ruin, the condition of it becomes bad Their tenants had let the property go to rack and ruin … English dictionary