vanish (redirected from vanishing)

disappear/vanish into thin air

out of thin air - if something appears or is made out of thin air, it suddenly and mysteriously appears or is made. He ran away eight years ago and it was as though he vanished into thin air. Have you seen my calculator? It seems to have disappeared into thin air.

See also: air, disappear, thin

disappear/vanish off the face of the earth (British, American & Australian, American)

to disappear completely. We lost contact with Ed after he left college - he just disappeared off the face of the earth.

See also: disappear, earth, face