Idiom: from the face of the earth
Meaning
Idiom: from (off) the face of the earth
- completely gone or disappeared
Example sentences
— I tried to find my favorite earrings but they disappeared from the face of the earth.
— After my daughter's ex-boyfriend posted a nude photo of her on the internet, we called the police and it was removed off the face of the earth.
— I wish my ex-husband would disappear off the face of the earth! He still harassing me ten years after our divorce.
— We had problems with ants so we sprayed the apartment until they all disappeared from the face of the earth.
— Where did everyone go? As soon as I ask for help washing the dishes everybody disappears from the face of the earth.
— Now that I'm single again, it's like all the nice guys have disappeared from the face of the earth.
— I just put cookies out in the kitchen but they'll be gone from the face of the earth if you don't go get some quickly.
— Where did the customer go? I went to get the shoes she asked for and she's disappeared off the face of the earth.
Synonyms
- vanish into thin air
- disappear into thin air
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