a seven-day wonder
seven-day wonder
A person or thing that generates interest for only a short amount of time. The band's biggest fear was becoming a seven-day wonder, soon to be forgotten when the next big sound hit the airwaves.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
a seven-day wonder
Fig. a person or a process supposedly perfected in only seven days. (Sarcastic.) Tommy is no seven-day wonder. It took him 6 years to get through high school!
See also: wonder
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- seven-day wonder
- a one-day wonder
- one-day wonder
- nine-day wonder
- nine-day wonder, a
- nine day wonder
- nine days' wonder
- a nine days' wonder
- a wonder lasts but nine days
- wonder