To disappear without a trace, often referring to something that vanishes mysteriously.
翼翅膀。没有翅膀却飞走了。比喻物品忽然丢失。也比喻事情传播得很迅速。
《管子·戒》无翼而飞者声也。”《战国策·秦策三》众口所移，毋翼而飞。”
He put the document on the desk, but it flew away without wings.
Learn the next connected idiom: 不翼而飞 (bù yì ér fēi) → 飞来横祸 (fēi lái hèng huò)
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