vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smoke

Related to word: puff

Idiom

Definition

  1. To disappear suddenly and completely, leaving no trace.

    形容突然且完全地消失,不留痕跡。

    • The project vanished in a puff of smoke after the funding ran out.

      這個項目在資金耗盡後瞬間消失了。

    • His promises of help disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving us very disappointed.

      他承諾的幫助瞬間消失,讓我們非常失望。

    • All their hopes went up in a puff of smoke when they learned that they had lost the game.

      當他們得知輸掉比賽時,所有的希望都化為泡影。