It comes from Shakespeare. First in Othello and then in Tempest. The full phrase, Vanish into thin air, didn't start until the early 19th century. But the phrase surely started with Shakespeare.
Yes, "disappeared into thin air" is a hyperbole. It is an exaggeration to emphasize the suddenness and inexplicable nature of someone or something going missing.
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The phrase comes from Prospero's famous speech in The Tempest, as follows: "These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are melted into air, into thin air". It means to disappear without a trace.
If Google can't find her, no one can. She's disappeared into thin air.
Oh, dude, you won't believe it! So, the ghost that disappeared in the fog? Turns out it just like, evaporated into thin air. Like, poof! Ghost gone. Probably off haunting a Starbucks now or something, who knows.
Into Thin Air was created in 1997.
The ISBN of Into Thin Air is 9780385494786.
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Thin Air - novel - was created in 1995.
Into Thin Air has approximately 66,000 words.
because it is so high , the air is cool and thin.
There I was at 30,000 feet, ready to jump into thin air... when suddenly my parachute opened while I was still in the plane! Summitters relish hiking into thin air. Vanishing into the fog is like vanishing into thin air.