приказать долго жить(в т. ч. о вещах (т. е. окончательно прийти в негодность): I ordered these for my daughter about 2 months ago because her favorite pair of green stretch pants bit the dust. • My old PC bit the dust for good. • My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.VLZ_58)
кого-либо и след простыл(досл. "не видеть (кого-либо) из-за пыли": If you let him know that Margaret's coming, you won't see him for dust.cambridge.org)
