train wreck

Definitions

1. 1

   A train crash.

2. 2

   The wreckage resulting from a train crash.

3. 3

   A disaster, especially one which is large, chaotic, and readily seen by public observers.

   • There is a feeling in Washington that we are gathering at the side of the track to watch a gigantic economic train wreck one of these days.
   • "Your personal life has been, and is, a train wreck."
   • “Hrmm. I see your stylist's been working nights.” He surveyed the train wreck of my hair in the rearview mirror.
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   1. 4

      Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering…

      Someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.

   2. 5

      To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.

      • […] basic fundamental communication steps must be achieved so not to train wreck the new employee.
      • "I want this, too, I want you. Like really want you more than anything I've wanted in a long time. But if you force it, you're going to train wreck the whole thing in a fiery mess over a steep cliff with jagged rocks below."

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