flash in the pan

Speech parts

1. flash in the pan - Noun

2. flash in the pan - Phrase

Meaning

someone who enjoys transient success but then fails

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

failure fad bugbear dud misfire 15 minutes of fame fifteen minutes of fame moment in the sun one-hit wonder nine day wonder nine days' wonder seven-day wonder brief triumph one time success one-day wonder
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Antonyms

enduring success lasting success band with many hits long-lived success long-term success singer with many hits

Hypernyms

failure loser nonstarter unsuccessful person

Examples

Jesus, if I know one thing about the industry, it's that it's a moment. A flash in the pan. That's what's lovely about it. But it's hard, because one moment you're the hot thing, and the next moment - you're not. And there's no rhyme or reason for it. Keira Knightley

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it. Julie Andrews

People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop. Little Richard

I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear. Debby Ryan

People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working since 1986. From the beginning, I was determined to not just be a flash in the pan. I've got to keep up with Woody Allen. He's lapping me. Spike Lee

He said though Riddle beat him once, he’s just a flash in the pan and Smackdown is still the house that A.J. Styles built. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

flash in the pan

Close letter words and terms

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