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noun VERB + TATTERS lie in (figurative) Her marriage now lay in tatters. | hang in Everywhere wallpaper hung in tatters. | leave sth in (figurative) an injury that left his dreams in tatters PREP. in ~ Her clothes were in tatters. (figurative) With their plans now in tatters, they gave up. PHRASES rags and tatters
Oxford Collocations Dictionary