turn to dust

Language: en

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)Todieordisappear.1996,Neil Diamond,If I Lost My Way:If I lost my dreamsCould I keep your trustPromise that our loveWould notturn to dust2025April 25, Jonathan Freedland, “Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Now he threatens to walk away from Ukraine altogether, impatient to get a deal in time for his 100th-day celebrations on Tuesday. That’s typical too: so often Trump’s grand plansturn to dustbecause, if he doesn’t get an instant reward, he gets bored and drifts away.

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