Idiom
Scotch mist
Meaning
Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That cheap apartment is just a Scotch mist.”
“I searched everywhere for the rare book, but it proved to be a Scotch mist.”
“The promised tax reforms turned out to be a mere Scotch mist, vanishing as soon as the election concluded.”
Examples
simple
“That cheap apartment is just a Scotch mist.”
contextual
“I searched everywhere for the rare book, but it proved to be a Scotch mist.”
complex
“The promised tax reforms turned out to be a mere Scotch mist, vanishing as soon as the election concluded.”
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