go up in flames

1)

a) to catch fire; to be destroyed or damaged by fire etc:

The building across the street went up in flames.

يَشْتَعِل

b) to be completely destroyed by fire:

The whole house went up in smoke.

يَشْتَعِل، تأكُلُه النّيران

2) to vanish very quickly leaving nothing behind:

All his plans have gone up in smoke.

تَذْهَبُ أدراجَ الرِّياح، تَخْتَفي