Idiom/Phrase: Disappear into thin air
- (a)Lost forever
- (b)Become forgetful
- (c)Become uncaring
- (d)Disappear suddenly
Answer
D
Why
Correct — D, disappear suddenly. To 'disappear into thin air' is to vanish completely and suddenly, in a way that seems mysterious and leaves no trace.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Lost forever — Overstates permanence — the idiom stresses the sudden, mysterious manner of vanishing, not that the thing is gone for all time.
- (b)Become forgetful — Unrelated — it describes a person or object vanishing, not memory.
- (c)Become uncaring — Unrelated to the sense of physically disappearing.
Concept
An idiom-meaning item — 'disappear into thin air' means to vanish suddenly and without trace.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Vanish without a trace' means:
- (a)leave a clear mark
- (b)disappear completely
- (c)move very slowly
- (d)hide only briefly
Answer(b) disappear completely — to go missing leaving nothing behind.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Melt away' (of a crowd) means:
- (a)gather quickly
- (b)gradually disperse and disappear
- (c)become angry
- (d)grow much larger
Answer(b) gradually disperse and disappear — to fade away and be gone.