"go up in flames" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 付之一炬
• 烧毁

Definition

完全被火烧毁；也可以比喻某事彻底失败、崩塌。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于强调事情毁灭性结束，可以指真实的火灾或比喻计划、梦想破灭。适用于正式和非正式场合，与“着火”不同，后者只是起火并不意味着完全毁坏。

Examples

The house went up in flames after the lightning strike.

闪电过后，这栋房子**付之一炬**。

My old car went up in flames on the highway.

我的旧车在公路上**烧毁了**。

Their hopes for the new store went up in flames when it closed suddenly.

新店的希望在突然关门时**破灭了**。

The experiment went up in flames—literally! The whole lab caught fire.

实验**付之一炬**——真的！整个实验室都烧起来了。

All our hard work on the website went up in flames after the server crash.

服务器崩溃后，我们为网站做的所有努力都**成泡影**了。

His plans to travel the world went up in flames when he lost his job.

他环游世界的计划在失业后**泡汤了**。