nine-day wonder
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nine-day wonder
- /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndə/ UK
- /ˌnaɪn‿deɪ ˈwʌndɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌndə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From nine + day + wonder (“something that causes amazement or awe”). References to a period of nine days or nights to describe the length of a short-lived fad date from as early as the 14th century; see, for instance, Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1380s) by the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s – 1400; spelling modernized): “Ek [besides] wonder last but nine days never in town”.
noun nine-day wonders · nine days' wonder · nine day wonder
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Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.
[…] I am content this vvinter to haue my doings read for a toye, that in ſommer they may be ready for traſh. It is not ſtraunge vvhen as the greateſt vvonder laſteth but nyne dayes, that a nevve vvorke ſhould not endure but three monethes.
Similar: flash in the pan, seven-day wonder, one-trick pony
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noun something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned
| 日本語 | 一発屋 ippatsuya |
|---|---|
| Português | fogo de palha |
| Deutsch | Eintagsfliege |
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