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
Chinese PinYin : yī sǎo ér kōng
sweep away
look after the masses as if they were injured -- love the people. shì xià rú shāng
When water is wet, fire is dry. shuǐ liú shī,huǒ jiù zào
have too little wisdom to undertake great things. zhī xiǎo móu dà