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thin air 成语

into thin air

completely, without anything left The group of hikers vanished into thin air and were never heard of again.

out of thin air

out of nothing or from nowhere The deer seemed to jump out of thin air and onto the road.

vanish into thin air

Idiom(s): vanish into thin air

Theme: DISAPPEARANCE

to disappear without leaving a trace.
• My money gets spent so fast. It seems to vanish into thin air.
• When I came back, my car was gone. I had locked it, and it couldn't have vanished into thin air!

pull sth out of thin air

Idiom(s): pull something out of a hat AND pull something out of thin air

Theme: SUDDENNESS

to produce something as if by magic.
• This is a serious problem, and we just can't pull a solution out of a hat.
• I'm sorry, but I don't have a pen. What do you want me to do, pull one out of thin air?

disappear into thin air|air|disappear|evaporate|ev

v. phr. To disappear quickly, without leaving a trace. Money seems to disappear into thin air these days. Jack just vanished into thin air before the meeting had started.

into thin air|air|thin air

adv. phr. Without anything left; completely. When Bob returned to the room, he was surprised to find that his books had vanished into thin air.
Compare: OUT OF THIN AIR.

out of thin air|air|out|thin air

adv. phr. Out of nothing or from nowhere. The teacher scolded Dick because his story was made out of thin air. On the way home from town, Tom saw a house standing on the lot that had been empty that morning; it seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
Compare: INTO THIN AIR.

thin air

A allegorical byword acclimated to advance pettiness or nonexistence. I had no abstraction she'd researched the account so thoroughly—she pulled that address out of attenuate air. I didn't see Mike leave the party, he aloof abolished into attenuate air.Learn more: air, thin

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