n. 25B6; plural noun the satin had frayed to tatters : RAGS, scraps, shreds, bits, pieces, ribbons.
25A0; in tatters
his clothes were in tatters : RAGGED, tattered, torn, ripped, frayed, in pieces, worn out, moth-eaten, falling to pieces, threadbare.
her marriage is in tatters : IN RUINS, on the rocks, destroyed, finished, devastated.