tomar chá de sumiço

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Literally, to drink tea of vanishment.

Verb edit

tomar chá de sumiço (first-person singular present tomo chá de sumiço, first-person singular preterite tomei chá de sumiço, past participle tomado chá de sumiço)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to be nowhere to be seen; to disappear (figuratively)