burst the bubble
Example Sentences
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"It couldn't burst the bubble of London in the '50s."
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2018
Don’t wanna burst the bubble, but you can figure out the answer: It was a wig!
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2016
Helmuth: You must have been looking to burst the bubble.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2015
I was expecting to hear practical solutions to the housing crisis, and a drive to burst the bubble.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2014
The prick of the sharp spear had burst the bubble of his superficial earnestness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander
