rip (someone or something) in twain
rip (someone or something) in twain
To tear someone or something into halves or two pieces of relatively equal size. The strongman impressed the audience by ripping a phonebook in twain with his bare hands. The demonic creature grabbed poor Ishmael and ripped him in twain.
See also: rip, twain
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- rip in half
- rip (someone or something) in half
- rip (someone or something) in two
- tear (someone or something) in half
- tear (someone or something) in twain
- tear (someone or something) in two
- in half
- tear out
- tear out of
- tear out of (something or some place)