partir en fumée

Verb

 * 1)  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)
 * 2)  to be ruined, destroyed
 * 3)  to go up in smoke, vanish into thin air
 * 1)  to go up in smoke, vanish into thin air
 * 1)  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 and its complementary ), 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, the most common including , and :
 * and with, , or for :
 * and with, , or for :
 * and with, , or for :

Conjugation

 * see