leave (something) in ruins
leave (something) in ruins
To completely destroy or wreck something; to cause something to be in a state of ruin. Wow, the hurricane really left this city in ruins. Many years of neglect left the house in ruins.
See also: leave, ruin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a ghost at the feast
- a crack at (someone or something)
- a horse of another
- a horse of another color
- a horse of another colour
- a/the feel of (something)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- a thing of the past
- a straw will show which way the wind blows
- all right