wrack and ruin

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Etymology[edit]

1577, as wracke and ruine, influenced by earlier go to wrecke (1548).[1][2]

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Noun[edit]

wrack and ruin (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Complete destruction.
    • 1577, Henry Bull, Commentarie upon the fiftene psalmes (by Martin Luther, translation):
      Whiles all things seeme to fall to wracke and ruine.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gary Martin, “Rack and ruin”, The Phrase Finder
  2. ^ 1548, Ephraim Udall, sermon: “The flocke goeth to wrecke and vtterly perisheth.”
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