(go out like a candle in a snuff (like a snuffed candle или like the snuff of a candle)) 1) быстро исчезнуть Например: She was too exhausted to say anything, and the hope that had flickered when he first spoke went out like a snuffed candle. (D. Cusack, Southern Steel, ch. XVIII) — Она была очень измучена и не могла произнести ни слова. Надежда, которая еще теплилась, когда Артур заговорил с ней, совсем угасла. They were so dead tired that... they went out like snuffed candles. (J. Wain, Strike the Father Dead, part V, Jeremy) — Дети смертельно устали... и сон сморил их мгновенно. 2) умереть; ≈ сгореть как свеча Например: Bess dropped off sudden... went out, as they say, like the snuff of the candle. (S. Warren, Ten Thousand a Year, ch. IX) — Бесс умерла в одночасье... сгорела как свеча.