Meanings of lay in tatters in English

From her overcoat to her underwear, it all lay in tatters.

Upstairs, a recent exhibit of artwork by Iraqi and Japanese children lay in tatters.

The club's medical room lay in tatters when journalists were shown the ruin on Wednesday morning.

Their dreams of Olympic football lay in tatters.

CRICKET: INDIA'S CLAIM to be the foremost Test side in the world lay in tatters in Nottingham yesterday evening.

NFP leader Biman Prasad said the sugar industry formed a pivotal part of Fiji's economy and it now lay in tatters.

His chances lay in tatters, his head gone, thanks to a trap quickly and wittily restyled as The Sands of Nakajima.

Rural Resettlement Ireland's (RRI) programme to boost depopulated areas of west Clare through building new homes yesterday lay in tatters.

Katarino's Cheltenham prospects lay in tatters yesterday after the horse finished last of four in the Bonusprint National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell.

TENNIS: The career of Argentina's Mariano Puerta lay in tatters yesterday when he was banned for a record eight years after a positive drugs test.

Cavan's play-off aspirations lay in tatters last night after defending league champions Derry completely over-ran them with a second-half performance out of the top drawer.

Cries at Crystal Palace, May 2014 Monday 5 May 2014 and Liverpool's title dreams lay in tatters on a frenzied night in south London.

Photo: AFP With her Brexit strategy already laying in tatters, if May is toppled, Brexit would be thrust into further doubt.