blue ruin

noun2

1. •
   Complete and utter ruin, desolation.

   • "It's blue ruin." He laughed for the third time. I notice that people always laugh when they prophesy blue ruin. — 1934
2. •
   (slang, no longer used) Low-end gin, usually home-made.

   • ‘Till you're full of rag water and bitters and blue ruin’ — 1985