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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