Idiom
vanish to the four winds
Meaning
To disappear; to cease to exist.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My keys vanished to the four winds this morning.”
“After the storm hit the coast, the small wooden boats vanished to the four winds.”
“When the company declared bankruptcy, the employees' hopes for a bonus vanished to the four winds, leaving them with nothing but uncertainty.”
Examples
simple
“My keys vanished to the four winds this morning.”
contextual
“After the storm hit the coast, the small wooden boats vanished to the four winds.”
complex
“When the company declared bankruptcy, the employees' hopes for a bonus vanished to the four winds, leaving them with nothing but uncertainty.”
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