Go up in smoke
Idiomatic translations of "Go up in smoke"
Meanings of "Go up in smoke"
Czech
Když něco důležitého nebo plánovaného “goes up in smoke” tak to úplně selhalo, bylo poraženo, zastaveno - tedy naprosto nedosáhlo očekávaného cíle.
“go up in smoke” také jednoduše znamená “shořeti”
His plans to get quickly rich went up in smoke when the stock market crashed.
English
Burn
English
Be destroyed in a fire
English
Plans or hopes fail.
French
Partir en fumée
German
Brennen
Italian
Andare in fumo; svanire, fallire.
I suoi progetti sono andati in fumo.
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
سوتان
Persian
سوختن
"Go up in smoke" in lyrics
AngieThe Rolling Stones
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear:
FireplaceEmin
Your picture burns inside,
And memories of you
Go up in smoke.
AshesCéline Dion
'Cause I've been shaking
I've been bending backwards till I'm broke
Watching all these dreams go up in smoke
Rock Of AgesDef Leppard
rock this place to the ground.
Burn it up, let's go for broke,
watch the night go up in smoke.
America CryingLes Cowboys fringants
On Interstate 95
dreams go up in smoke:
A car's engulfed in flames on an off-ramp—
Up In SmokeCheech & Chong
I take a toke
and all my cares
Go up in smoke
'Murca cryingLes Cowboys fringants
On Interstate 95
All the dreams go up in smoke
A car on fire on an exit ramp
ShoreSwing
All of a sudden I want to forget them
The flame we kindled
And yet, your struggles go up in smoke1
You've gotta fall to get up, it seems
1. Play on words between volutes (smoke rings / volutes) and vos luttes (your struggles). Also a reference to the song Volutes by Alain Bashung
Six Degrees of SeparationThe Script
You hit the drinking, take a toke
Watch the past go up in smoke.
Fake a smile, yeah, lie and say that,
Taking our pound of fleshPeste Noire
Their heads stuck in toilet macerators.
Your villa and your joy go up in smoke
As soon as we put a foot down your block
Winter sunNiagara
And my tears get tangled.
I always knew she was going to go up in smoke.
She would have given all to lie low.
Set the World AfireMegadeth
No one will be left to prove that humans existed
Maybe soon the children will be born open-fisted
We all live on one planet it will all go up in smoke
Let's love always ! Let's love again !Victor Hugo
All ambition lit,
In our spirit, subtle blaze,
Fall into ashes or go up in smoke,
And it is said : "What stays of it ?"
Run awayJuliette Armanet
Run away
Do the pas de deux, the sidestep
Heart and fist raised, going up in smoke
Hurry up, love you
Burnin' AliveAC/DC
Somewhere, there's a little town called hope
And someday, maybe baby, he'll inhale that smoke!
Troublesome TrucksThomas & Friends (OST)
The trucks decide to play another joke
And Diesel's plans will all go up in smoke
He pulls and he pulls until he breaks the chain
Answer MeNatassa Theodoridou
Answer me, just once be honest with me
So I can understand if you have a heart inside of you
Answer me, how did everything go up in smoke
Answer me, everything I've ever felt hasn't changed
Song of the tin manThe Wizard of Oz (OST)
A loveless man is
I get consumed more and more
My dreams go up in smoke
Only because I have no heart
NomadGeoffrey Oryema
My days go up in smoke
My bones are aching
My days go up in smoke
My heart is breaking
SmokePochill
Go up in smoke,
End up in smoke
Smoke, smoke.









