Idiom
gone with the wind
Meaning
dead
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old traditions are gone with the wind.”
“After the company went bankrupt, all our hopes for a bonus were gone with the wind.”
“Once the revolution swept through the capital, the influence of the old aristocracy was gone with the wind.”
Examples
simple
“The old traditions are gone with the wind.”
contextual
“After the company went bankrupt, all our hopes for a bonus were gone with the wind.”
complex
“Once the revolution swept through the capital, the influence of the old aristocracy was gone with the wind.”
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