go up in smoke | Idiomator

Meaning: To catchfireandburn.Synonyms:go up in flames;see alsoThesaurus:combust; (idiomatic,by extension)To be completelyruined,devastated, or reduced tonothingness.Synonyms:burn down,burn up,come to nothing,end in smoke,go up in flamesNear-synonym:evaporateWhen the bank refused the credit, all our planswent up in smoke.1976,Joni Mitchell,Song for Sharon:There's a gypsy down on Bleecker StreetI went in to see her as a kind of jokeAnd she lit a candle for my love luckAnd eighteen buckswent up in smoke

Examples:

EN: "...that I will use as I see fit, even if it pleases me to see it go up in smoke...
ES: "... Entonces lo usaré como me parezca, incluso si prefiero verlo envuelto en humo..."
EN: But sometimes if one is in trouble enough, the best intentions go up in smoke:
ES: Pero a veces, si estás en un aprieto serio, las mejores intenciones se van como humo.
EN: If I put a penny in there, the whole machine will go up in smoke.
ES: Si meto ahí una moneda, se incendiará la máquina.
EN: Worn out, ready to go up in smoke or deliberately burned by Holmes and Bracken for insurance.
ES: Presa fácil de las llamas o provocado por Holmes y él para cobrar el seguro.
EN: When other friendships go up in smoke Ours will still be oke
ES: Cuando otras amistades se desvanezcan la nuestra seguirá flamante.
EN: - Nothing matters now except to move quickly, or your pyramid will go up in smoke.
ES: Debemos actuar, o no habrá pirámides.
EN: Watched them go up in smoke. As close as I am to you.
ES: Vi cómo se deshicieron entre el humo.
EN: - Sort of go up in smoke, like the saucer?
ES: ¿Arder como el platillo?
EN: They'll either have to slow down or go up in smoke.
ES: Tendrán que reducir la velocidad para bajar o subir por el humo.
EN: The place is about to go up in smoke.
ES: La región está a punto de estallar.
EN: He let his ranch go up in smoke just to set up an ambush.
ES: Ha dejado que su rancho arda sólo para tender una emboscada.
EN: A priest 6000 miles away writes a letter and our dreams go up in smoke.
ES: Un cura a 10.000 Km escribe una carta y nuestros sueños se desvanecen.
EN: But I have the honour of informing you that I haven't the slightest intention of seeing my plans go up in smoke.
ES: Pero tengo el honor de informarte de que no tengo ninguna intención de que tus planes fracasen.
EN: I've seen too many of 'em go up in smoke.
ES: He visto cómo se quedan en nada.
EN: Make him go up in smoke.
ES: ¡Lo reduzco a cenizas!

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