vanish into thin air

English

Etymology

Widely attributed to Shakespeare, coming from Act 4 Scene 1 of Othello.

Verb

vanish into thin air (third-person singular simple present vanishes into thin air, present participle vanishing into thin air, simple past and past participle vanished into thin air)

(idiomatic) To disappear in a mysterious way.

Translations

Finnish: kadota kuin tuhka tuuleen
German: sich in Luft auflösen

Polish: wyparowywać impf, wyparować pf

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