Gone with the Wind /ˌɡɒn wɪð ðə ˈwɪnd $ ˌɡɔːn-/
(1939) a US film, based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell, and considered to be one of the greatest romantic films ever made. It tells the story of a beautiful, determined woman called Scarlett O'Hara, acted by Vivien Leigh, who lives in Georgia during the American civil war. She marries Rhett butler, acted by Clark gable, but treats him badly. At the end of the film she realizes that she loves him, but it is too late, and he leaves her saying ‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn’. One of its most famous scenes is when the city of Atlanta is burned down.

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gone with the wind
to be gone
The woman is gone with the wind and we will probably never see her again.

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gone with the wind
adj. phr. Gone forever; past; vanished.
All the Indians who used to live here are gone with the wind.
Joe knew that his chance to get an "A" was gone with the wind when he saw how hard the test was.
Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.

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