точно ветром сдунуло

• КАК <БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО> ВЕТРОМ СДУЛО <СДУВАЛО/СДУНУЛО> кого-что coll, occas. humor

[VP; impers; usu. pfv past; fixed WO]

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⇒ s.o. or sth. disappeared very quickly, speedily:

- X-a как ветром сдуло{{}}≈ person X was off like the wind;

- X vanished (disappeared, was gone) in a flash (in an instant, in a wink);

- it is as if X evaporated into thin air;

- thing X evaporated into thin air.

     ♦ ...Он закричал: "По трамвайной линии немцы идут! Пошли!" И меня как ветром сдуло (Кузнецов 1). ...He called out: "The Germans are coming down the tramline! Let's go!" I was off like the wind (1b).

     ♦ "Цыть!" - сказал Губошлеп. И улыбку его как ветром сдуло (Шукшин 1). "Shut up!" hissed Fat Lip. And his smile was gone in an instant (1a).