"Go up in smoke" nghĩa là gì?

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"Go up in smoke" = biến thành tro bụi -> Bị lửa thiêu cháy, bị tàn phá, thất bại hoặc phải ngưng lại.

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Jonny May’s second try six minutes from time allowed Leicester to breathe again after the hosts had seen their comfortable 15-point advantage at half-time go up in smoke.

The start to Ed Pollard’s season for Rockdale was one he’d like to forget after watching his chances of repeating as South Metro’s heavyweight champion go up in smoke last month following a second-round disqualification against Eastside’s Seth Martin.

As well as more than 1,000 homes being destroyed so far this fire season — the majority in NSW — many farmers and business owners have seen their livelihoods (kế sinh nhai) go up in smoke too. These have included the owners of stores in the CBDs of regional towns devastated by fire, farmers whose livestock (vật nuôi) have been killed and feed stockpiles (kho dự trữ) destroyed.

Bin Kuan

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