into thin air

Completely gone or disappeared; entirely out of sight or reach; without a trace. (Usually preceded by "vanish" or some similar verb.) The brutal dictatorship was so mercilessly efficient that anyone who stood up against it soon vanished into thin air. I have no idea where my keys have gone. They seem to have disappeared into thin air!See also: air, thin

into thin air

Also, into the blue. Completely disappeared, as in The report was here on my desk and now it's gone, vanished into thin air, or I don't know where they've gone-into the blue, for all I know. Both of these hyperbolic expressions, often preceded by vanish as in the first example, use the rarefied atmosphere far above the earth as a metaphor for an unknown location. Shakespeare wrote of ghosts that "melted . . . into thin air" ( The Tempest, 4:1). An antonym for both is out of thin air, meaning "from an unknown place or source." For example, She made up this excuse out of thin air, or The car appeared out of thin air. However, out of the blue is not precisely an antonym (see under out of a clear blue sky). See also: air, thin

into thin air

COMMON If someone or something disappears or vanishes into thin air, they disappear completely and nobody knows where they have gone. Her husband snatched their two children and disappeared into thin air for years. Needless worry can vanish into thin air once you accept the things you cannot change.See also: air, thin

into (or out of) thin air

into (or out of) a state of being invisible or nonexistent.See also: air, thin

单词	into thin air
释义	into thin air into thin air Completely gone or disappeared; entirely out of sight or reach; without a trace. (Usually preceded by "vanish" or some similar verb.) The brutal dictatorship was so mercilessly efficient that anyone who stood up against it soon vanished into thin air. I have no idea where my keys have gone. They seem to have disappeared into thin air!See also: air, thin into thin air Also, into the blue. Completely disappeared, as in The report was here on my desk and now it's gone, vanished into thin air, or I don't know where they've gone-into the blue, for all I know. Both of these hyperbolic expressions, often preceded by vanish as in the first example, use the rarefied atmosphere far above the earth as a metaphor for an unknown location. Shakespeare wrote of ghosts that "melted . . . into thin air" ( The Tempest, 4:1). An antonym for both is out of thin air, meaning "from an unknown place or source." For example, She made up this excuse out of thin air, or The car appeared out of thin air. However, out of the blue is not precisely an antonym (see under out of a clear blue sky). See also: air, thin into thin air COMMON If someone or something disappears or vanishes into thin air, they disappear completely and nobody knows where they have gone. Her husband snatched their two children and disappeared into thin air for years. Needless worry can vanish into thin air once you accept the things you cannot change.See also: air, thin into (or out of) thin air into (or out of) a state of being invisible or nonexistent.See also: air, thin
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