水すい泡ほうに帰きする

expression, suru verb (special)

come to nothing; go down the drain; go up in smoke

Idiomatic expression meaning that efforts, plans, or hopes end in failure or are wasted, often with a nuance of vanishing like bubbles on water.

• 長なが年ねんの努ど力りょくも水すい泡ほうに帰きした。

  Years of effort came to nothing.

• 彼かれの計けい画かくは水すい泡ほうに帰きする運うん命めいにあった。

  His plan was destined to go up in smoke.