gone with the wind

gone with the wind
gone with the wind
Fig. gone as if taken away by the wind. (A phrase made famous by the Margaret Mitchell novel and subsequent film

Gone with the Wind.

The phrase is used to make

gone

have a stronger force.) •

Everything we worked for was gone with the wind.

* * *
{adj. phr.} Gone forever; past; vanished. * /All the Indians who used to live here are gone with the wind./ * /Joe knew that his chance to get an "A" was gone with the wind when he saw how hard the test was./ Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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