Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
In line
In line adjective - Awaiting something; especially something due.
Both terms in one sentence
- Peter, he informs the first nun in line that he knows that she has broken her vow of abstinence with her hands, but she can be forgiven if she cleanses her hands in a basin of holy water.
Source: Technical Virgin - What Kudrow leaves out is that Mercury was also the project that got him in line for a cushy promotion and that he sold it to his superiors as completely unbreakable, so if it gets out that Mercury has been broken, it will be his head that will roll for it.
Source: Film / Mercury Rising -
Dick and Mary are broken up, and after having sex with a woman he met in line at the movies (who later turns out to be one of his student's, Bug's, mother), Dick honestly can't understand why Mary and Bug are upset about it.
Source: Series / 3rd Rock from the Sun
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