flash in the pan

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flash in the pan 的定义

  1. Someone or something that promises great success but soon fails: “The rock group that was all the rage last year turned out to be just another flash in the pan.”

flash in the pan 近义词

n. 名词 noun

momentary success

更多flash in the pan例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
  5. Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
  6. The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
  7. A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
  8. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  9. "A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.
  10. Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!