cnnas 2007-12-7 02:11
Into thin air.
How strange! I haven’t been able to find the TV remote control for months. It just seems to have vanished into thin air. Vanished into thin air. The Bermuda Triangle is said to be cursed, because several ships and airplanes have disappeared into thin air. Disappeared into thin air. What does it mean?
“Into thin air” means to completely disappear. This idiom is often preceded by the verb “vanish”. The opposite meaning of this idiom is “out of thin air”. For example. the magician made a rabbit appear “out of thin air”.
Review questions
1. This idiom uses two body parts and means something is greatly superior.
Answer: Head and shoulders above.
2. What’s another way to say a rough approximation?
Answer: A ballpark figure.
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