disappear into thin air

disappear into thin air
(disappear (melt или vanish) into thin air)
растаять, раствориться в воздухе, бесследно исчезнуть, испариться (ср. как в воду канул, как сквозь землю провалился; его и след простыл, только его и видели) [melt into thin air шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]

Prospero: "...Our revels now are ended: these our actors. As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air..." (W. Shakespeare, ‘The Tempest’, act IV, sc. 1) — Просперо: "...Окончен праздник. В этом преставленье Актерами, сказал я, были духи. И в воздухе, и в воздухе прозрачном, Свершив свой труд, растаяли они..." (перевод М. Донского)

Holland: "...There was some quarrel in the domestic circle, and the Archduke Sebastian suddenly disappeared - four years ago, now, isn't it? - and hasn't been heard of since. He simply vanished into thin air." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Jack Straw’, act I) — Холланд: "...После бурной семейной сцены эрцгерцог Себастьян внезапно исчез. Это было четыре года тому назад, и с тех пор о нём ни слуху ни духу. Как в воду канул."

They had disappeared into thin air: they were determined not to get involved one way or another... (M. Dodd, ‘Sowing the Wind’, ch. XXIV) — Прохожих как ветром сдуло. Никто не захотел вмешиваться...


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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