Lost in the mists of time, and other idioms with fog

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To be in a fog or to be in a haze

Fig. confused, not alert; dazed; not paying attention to what is going on around one

To be lost in the mists of time

Fig. to be forgotten because it happened a long time ago

To mist over or to mist up

Fig. to fog up; to develop a coating of water vapor so that one cannot see

To see the red mist

Fig. to lose temper or self-control completely

Scotch mist

Fig. something hard to find or non-existing; something imagined