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Rita Rudner

U.S. comedienne

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives.

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go to wrack and ruin

[go to wrack and ruin] {v. phr.} To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. * /The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Rita Rudner, American comedienne

Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he wouldn't admit he'd forgotten the […] www.english-slang.com

rack and ruin

[rack and ruin] {n. phr.} Complete decay; condition of decline. * /The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Rita Rudner

U.S. comedienne When I was a kid, I had two friends, and they were imaginary and they would only play with each other. www.english-slang.com

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