cut to ribbons

Keep away from the plant, but cut the rest of it to ribbons.

Christ, she had to do something before the girl cut herself to ribbons.

I could not reach him without being cut to ribbons!

Serious enough to cut myself to ribbons if need be.

Standing still, they could only be cut to ribbons by the gun crew.

She can cut someone to ribbons and make them feel like an idiot.

We can't go back; we'd just fall through a hole and be cut to ribbons.

That's if they don't cut each other to ribbons first.

But speaking up is going to get you cut to ribbons?

Services are being cut to ribbons, and on 79 percent of it we have virtually no say.