不翼而飞 meaning in English
1.(东西突然不见了) “fly without wings” -- disappear without any trace; take wings to itself; vanish all of a sudden; disappear suddenly
2.(流传迅速) spread fast; spread like wildfire
Examples
- My gold cigarette case has taken to itself wings .
我的金烟盒不翼而飞了。 - So suddenly, everything that had been before was shed away, and gone .
以往的一切就这样突然不翼而飞，无影无踪了。 - I left my bike outside the shop and when i came out again it had gone .
我把自行车放在商店外面，等我出来时已不翼而飞了。 - The mood of anxiety about his appearance seemed to pass away, and to be succeeded by a deep solemnity .
他脸上的那种焦虑的表情似乎不翼而飞了，代之以一种极其庄重的神色。 - A rhineland baron who overtaxed commercial travelers would find that the trade routes had gone elsewhere, and with it his revenues .
一个莱茵兰的男爵因对商旅过度征税而会发现，商路改到别的地方，他的收益不翼而飞了。