sweep away
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī s ǎ o é rk ō ng, which is swept away in a flash. The metaphor is completely eliminated. It comes from Su Shi's tiwang yishaotie of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Song Sushi's tiwang yishaotie: "birds out of the forest sweep the air."
Idiom usage
Your idea of the first choice of benevolence in America has been accepted by Acheson. Farewell to Leiden Stuart by Mao Zedong
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: all in one net, all in one sweep, root out, all in one sweep
sweep away
fate is auspicious at the beginning , but later becomes a tragic - xiān xiào hòu hào
a book which is poorly written and not worth reading - zāi lí huò zǎo
Cast a soldier in the face of adversity - lín nàn zhù bīng