reduce to shreds (d.); (перен.) worry to death (d.)
become* frayed, be all in shreds; (перен.) be all in, be played out, go* to pieces
несовер. разг.
1) размачальваць
(о предметах из пеньки, льна и т.п.) раскудзельваць
2) перен. (утомлять, мучить) вымотваць
мучыць, змучваць, (изнурять) мардаваць
несов.
см. измочалить.
1) растрести на влакна
2) изнурити
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party." Herbert Hoover
"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." John Paul Jones
"Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked." Walter Savage Landor