become empty bubbles; end (/go up) in smoke; vanish like a dream(/an illusion) ❍ 他未预料到他的愿望到头来会～。He did not expect that his wishes would become empty bubbles in the end.
成为泡影chénɡ wéi pào yǐnɡ
什么也没有了。比喻失败了。end in naught, become empty bubbles, vanish like a dream go fut, come to nothing