nine days' wonder
Related to nine days' wonder: choir stall, sailing under false colors
nine days' wonder
Something that generates interest for only a short amount of time. The musician feared becoming a nine days' wonder, forgotten long before he ever achieved success in his career.
See also: nine, wonder
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
nine days' wonder
Fig. something that is of interest to people only for a short time. Don't worry about the story about you in the newspaper. It'll be a nine days' wonder and then people will forget. The elopement of Bob and Anne was a nine days' wonder. Now people never mention it.
See also: nine, wonder
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
a nine days' wonder
something that attracts enthusiastic interest for a short while but is then ignored or forgotten.See also: nine, wonder
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
a ˌnine days’ ˈwonder
a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention, but only for a short time: The satellite that landed in their garden made the family a bit of a nine days’ wonder, but no one remembers their name now.See also: nine, wonder
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- a nine days' wonder
- nine day wonder
- nine-day wonder
- nine-day wonder, a
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- seven-day wonder
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- gather dust