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flash in the pan
noun as in momentary success
Example Sentences
But she assured me that RedState Women is not some flash-in-the-pan effort.
The Huntsman campaign also leveled flash-in-the-pan candidate Herman Cain.
Or a possible flash-in-the pan who two months from now will be just another NBA point guard?
The libertarian septuagenarian outpaced Huntsman, Gingrich, and Iowa flash-in-the-pan Rick Santorum.
Remember the flash-in-the-pan case of Texas Pastor Terry Jones who planned to burn Korans on the ninth anniversary of 9/11?
"Flash-in-the-Pan" suddenly realises the enormous issues depending on him and faints in his trainer's arms.
It was a sudden smite,—one of those flash-in-the-pan, love-at-first-sight affairs.
I can deal with traitors, but these flash-in-the-pan plotters—these shaking, jelly-bodied patriots!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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