go up in smoke

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgo up in smokego up in smokea) if something goes up in smoke, it burns so that it is completely destroyed The whole factory went up in smoke. b) informalFAIL if a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it fails or you cannot continue with it We haven’t worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke. → smokeExamples from the Corpusgo up in smoke• After Warrington they've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke.• For the yards owner, it was 25 years of work up in smoke.• That's well over £5,000 up in smoke - or, to be exact, an average £44.66 a month.• If so, what happens when Buckingham Palace, Sandringham or Balmoral go up in smoke?• Before she could throw the water into the wastepaper basket, the reports had gone up in smoke.• Its mosque went up in smoke.• Three hundred tons of freshly harvested hay and straw went up in smoke.• Such deliberation, while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke, outraged many.

单词	go up in smoke
释义	go up in smoke From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgo up in smokego up in smokea) if something goes up in smoke, it burns so that it is completely destroyed The whole factory went up in smoke. b) informalFAIL if a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it fails or you cannot continue with it We haven’t worked this long just to see everything go up in smoke. → smokeExamples from the Corpusgo up in smoke• After Warrington they've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke.• For the yards owner, it was 25 years of work up in smoke.• That's well over £5,000 up in smoke - or, to be exact, an average £44.66 a month.• If so, what happens when Buckingham Palace, Sandringham or Balmoral go up in smoke?• Before she could throw the water into the wastepaper basket, the reports had gone up in smoke.• Its mosque went up in smoke.• Three hundred tons of freshly harvested hay and straw went up in smoke.• Such deliberation, while the youth of Britain were liable to go up in smoke, outraged many.
随便看	have a bash have a bash (at something) have a bash at have a bath have a bee in your bonnet have a bee in your bonnet (about something) have a bee in your bonnet about have a bite have a bite of of have a bite of out of have a bone to pick with have a bone to pick with somebody have a break be an honour to be an honour to somebody/something be an indictment of be an indictment of something be an inspiration to be an inspiration to somebody be an institution be an insult to intelligence be an insult to somebody’s intelligence be an item be an old hand be an old hand (at something)