nine days' wonder

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

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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. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

a nine days' wonder

something that attracts enthusiastic interest for a short while but is then ignored or forgotten.

See also: nine, wonder

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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

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