Beyond retrieval. Like when you loan money to a chronic deadbeat friend.
It is related to the phrase smoke and mirrors. There is nothing substantial about what they are saying, it is just hot air.
He was concerned that all his hard work would end up in smoke if the project was cut. Her dreams will end up in smoke if she allows herself to get depressed.
It means things are trustworthy.
To make a mistake
About to be sold, or given up.
say no to it
It means shut up!
flatter her to get something
To keep struggling and not give up.
he suddenly turned up (to appear, emarge)
to make something stronger ,,
It's not an idiom. To break camp means to break it up, to pack your things and leave the area. It can be used as slang, however, to mean a group "packing up" and leaving.