sink into oblivion

sink into oblivion

1. To become lost to obscurity; to not be known or remembered by anyone. The poet sank into oblivion after the war, only coming back into public awareness after an archive of his works was discovered in the basement of an abandoned warehouse in East Germany. He held a rather cynical view of parenthood, believing that people only had children to avoid sinking into oblivion.
2. To enter into total unconsciousness. The last thing I remember was the doctor asking me to count to ten before the general anesthetic took effect and I sank into oblivion. He was so utterly exhausted that he sank into oblivion the moment my head hit the pillow.
See also: oblivion, sink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sink into oblivion

Fig. to fade into obscurity. She may be famous now, but in no time she will sink into oblivion. In his final years, Wally Wilson sank into oblivion and just faded away.
See also: oblivion, sink
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fall into oblivion
  • oblivion
  • whosit
  • whoosis
  • whoozis
  • whoozit
  • drop off the radar
  • fall off the radar
  • whaddya
  • what-d'you-call-him/-her/-it/-them
References in periodicals archive
Most articles don't even get that-they whizz past as a barely registered blip, then sink into oblivion. It might live on forever in Google, but in obscurity.
So all the events from this passing year do not sink into oblivion. Because our past year has been shared by God, then it is also sealed by God.
We are everywhere celebrating the Eid Al-Fitr and we will prevail and triumph, whereas you will be defeated and you and your deviant ideology will sink into oblivion. If you attack Saudi Arabia to make it weak, then think again because we are getting stronger and stronger.
2 July 2016 - 12:51 By adopting such a policy, the global arrogance, in fact is trying to divide the Islamic Ummah and let the Palestinian issue sink into oblivion, Ali Asghar Khaji said in a ceremony held to mark the Quds Day event in the Chinese capital on Friday.
"I know a lot of managers feel if they don't do it first time, they think they will sink into oblivion," he added.
They need to step up and improve their European prospects or sink into oblivion.
Those feats will never sink into oblivion - on the contrary, each level score and awarded stars will be deliberately traced out on the pages of Bubble Magic 3D.
The ritual will go on for weeks, and, in general, the speeches will all sink into oblivion as soon as they're delivered.
Things that only seek justification through superlatives sink into oblivion once overtaken by another structure somewhere else in the world.
Faced with the general decline in British seaside venues, it was faced with some tough choices: | sink into oblivion until the BBC chooses to use you as the basis for a successful sitcom; | pray for successive summers of unbroken sunshine; | ask the German government for an emergency bail-out; or | reinvent yourself in a light-hearted and creative way and invite the world along to join in the fun.
A Roundtable entitled "Genocide of Armenians should not sink into oblivion" will be held at the Institute of Political
Fans are still turning up in droves Green believes that will ensure the club don't sink into oblivion. and lub He said: "We have sold a lot of season ticket books - that's an endorsement son t if we ever needed it.
We must never let the memories of our martyrs to sink into oblivion who enriched the foundation of the country with their blood upon which the nation now stands.
Smiling cynically, he blows a puff, which fills the stage in bellows of smoke as the sextet of singers sink into oblivion.