briefly successful or popular.

At first, some of the major record labels thought rock ’n’ roll was just a flash in the pan.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form no flash in the pan - successful or popular for more than a brief period:

This trend is no flash in the pan.

• have had fill of
• have had fill of something
• have had it
• have had its chips
• have had its day
• have had it up to here
• have had it with
• have had it with someone
• have had it with something
• have had more something than has had hot dinners
• have had more something than someone has had hot dinners
• have had more than fair share of
• have had more than fair share of something
• have had more than has had hot dinners
• have had more than someone has had hot dinners
• have had more than your fair share of
• have had more than your fair share of something
• have had your chips
• have had your day
• have had your fill
• have had your fill of
• have had your fill of something
• have half a mind
• have half a mind to
• have half a mind to do something