in rags

English

Prepositional phrase

in rags

1. Dressed in very old, torn clothes.

   Like Cinderella, the girl in rags was swept off her feet by a handsome Prince Charming.

2. (by extension) Very poor or lowly.
   • October 9 2007, Rory Carroll, The Guardian, "Cocaine galore! Villagers live it up on profits from 'white lobster'"

     Some locals who used to be in rags live it up at posh hotels.

Related terms

• ragamuffin
• rag-and-bone man

 

Anagrams

• A rings, Ragins, sringa, raings, nigras, raigns, Nargis, Nigras, agrins, rasing, grains, arsing, Rigans, IgNARs