Clothes that are in tatters are badly torn in several places, so that pieces can easily come off.
His jersey was left in tatters.
2. plural noun [usually inNOUN]
If you say that something such as a plan or a person's state of mind is intatters, you are emphasizing that it is weak, has suffered a lot of damage, and is likely to fail completely.
[emphasis]
The economy is in tatters.
More Synonyms of tatters
tatters in British English
(ˈtætəz)
plural noun
1.
torn or ragged pieces, esp of material
A man, naked but for some tatters of cloth, was sitting hunched up beside the entrance.
The blustering gusts whipped the banners to tatters.
2. in tatters
Examples of 'tatters' in a sentence
tatters
She was not to be scarred for life, her career ruined, her future in tatters.
Babson, Marian DEATH IN FASHION
She moistened her lips in anticipation of ripping that indifference to tatters.
Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME
Claws had ripped it deep, shredded the bark so that it hung in tatters.
Tepper, Sheri S. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
In other languages
tatters
British English: tatters NOUN
Clothes that are in tatters are badly torn in several places, so that pieces can easily come off.
His jersey was left in tatters.
American English: tatters
Brazilian Portuguese: farrapo
Chinese: > 破烂不堪衣服
European Spanish: jirones
French: loques
German: Fetzen
Italian: brandelli
Japanese: ぼろぼろになって
Korean: 누더기
European Portuguese: farrapo
Latin American Spanish: jirones
Chinese translation of 'tatters'
tatters
(ˈtætəz)
n
to be in tatters[clothes]破烂(爛)的 (pòlàn de) [plan, relationship]千疮(瘡)百孔的 (qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng de)
(plural noun)
Definition
torn ragged clothing
The walls are bare with a few tatters of wallpaper here and there.