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French
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Verb
partir en fumée
- (intransitive, simultaneously euphemistic and, usually, hyperbolic) to be consumed by and destroyed in fire (which is only implied) such that smoke is the only evidence of something having happened (ash, smut, etc. notwithstanding)
- Synonym: être réduit en cendres
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be ruined, destroyed
- Synonym: s’en aller en ruine
- (intransitive, figuratively) to go up in smoke, vanish into thin air
Usage notes
- As one may make substitutions for either of the phrase's two primary elements (the verbal partir and its complementary en fumée), a number of alternative phrasings, representing different levels of formality and used with varying levels of frequency, are possible:
- with any number of substitutions for partir, the most common including s’en aller, s’évanouir and disparaître:
- and with comme une fumée, comme fumée, or comme en fumée for en fumée:
- partir comme en fumée
- s'évanouir comme en fumée
- disparaître comme en fumée, disparaître comme une fumée
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