go up in smoke

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === go up in smoke (third-person singular simple present goes up in smoke, present participle going up in smoke, simple past went up in smoke, past participle gone up in smoke) To catch fire and burn. Synonyms: go up in flames; see also Thesaurus:combust (idiomatic, by extension) To be completely ruined, devastated, or reduced to nothingness. Synonyms: burn down, burn up, come to nothing, end in smoke, go up in flames Near-synonym: evaporate ==== Translations ====