nine days' wonder
九天的奇迹,九天奇迹,九天奇观,九天奇缘
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”
I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?
Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
The "new world" was really found in the wonder-years of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
In the close relation and affection of these last days, the sense of alienation and antagonism faded from both their hearts.