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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Proverbs

Hello, I am studying English and I sometimes have difficulties with expressions and proverbs. It's really intersting knowing these angles of a language but sometimes, there are sentences that I just don't understand. The last I read was "go to rack and ruin . Can anybody explain me what it means ?
I am sorry I don't really remember the sentence which the expression was. But it was about an old factory. Thank you very much for your help!
  

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Anonymousgo to rack and ruin
Collapse or deteriorate completely: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rack-and-ruin.html
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An alternative and more traditional spelling is 'wrack and ruin'.

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